Please tell me I've read you wrong. "When emotions have cooled..." It
sounds like you think that we should bury 5,000 innocent people and dismiss
this?!! "Oh well, this was just an accident..." We deserved this??!!!! And
fighting back would be yellow? That's unfathomable.
What do you think we should do? They did NOT finish Tuesday. There will be
more attacks. It would seem that according to you, the couragous thing would
be to take our lumps and ignore it. The terrorists made it quite clear that
they could have done more. And what did it cost them? 19 people and a few
knives. The only reason it stopped is that we grounded the planes!
Yes, bombing a country is terrible. I was appalled when we bombed Iraq in
'91. A part of us died. And I think Bill Clinton will probably have his own
private corner in Hell for the bombings he ordered. But bombing was/is a
last resort. In '91, a coalition force headed by the US pushed Iraqi forces
out of Kuwait where the Iraqis were MURDERING and RAPING people. Did you
forget about that? We told Saddam to leave, or else we would force him out.
What was his answer? He looked forward to a 'holy war.' Think of how many
more lives would have been lost in an all out ground fight. And nobody here
was 'dancing in the streets.'
I do share your disgust over how bombings are now treated in the media,
though. It has become a ratings game for CNN, seemingly played out for our
entertainment. It is a horrible thing, and we should be mourning their
losses as well as ours.
We are now faced with a murderer who can use the innocent men, women, and
children of Afghanistan as a shield while he dispatches 19 people to murder
5,000+ people. This has got to be stopped, and not just for our sake - other
countries are at risk as well. But how can we stop this? If we remove Bin
Laden, this group will certainly take revenge. If we do nothing, they will
continue. Bombing Afghanistan seems overkill. (no sick joke intended, that
is the correct usage.) But it looks like Afghanistan will defend this guy.
Are they a party to this?
Don't forget, Bin Laden was behind the attack on the USS Cole while
stationed in Yemen. We know of his involvement in more attacks on US
citizens. The latest is an escalation resulting from our unwillingness to do
something about it. (We just removed the ship from the harbor...)
Remember this. The whole thing stems from an attempt by President Jimmy
Carter to bring peace to the middle east. They don't want to live peacefully
with the Isrealis, they want them dead! Since we're involved, they want us
dead too!
I don't envy the President's position. But I do admire George Bush's ability
to find a different direction when all we can see are two extremes. He has
some very good advisors, and he values their suggestions. I believe his
decision will be swift, sure, and reasonable.
Cheers,
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vintage Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Andrew Michael MacTao
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:34 PM
> To: Vintage Macs
> Subject: Re: The New York Attack
>
>
> I know this sounds cold and heartless to say in the aftermath of
> Tuesday. But, hey! The subject is here, and in a couple weeks, when
> emotions have cooled... Or when G.W. launches his attack on
> Afghanistan killing many civilians, and Americans are dancing in the
> streets over their deaths, even though we're so appalled that they
> would dance in the streets over our deaths... No one will give a
> sh*t.....
> America has gone yellow. We were once a great nation. Not anymore.
>
> America will bomb the hell out of Afghanistan. Only because we
> have stealth bombers & we can do it with little, or, no loss on our
> side. If we had to go in with the same technology as the Afghanis
> possess, we'd tuck tail and run.
>
> Hell, I can't even find anyone in this country who is willing to
> join a boycott against companies that are destroying our
> environment... They're afraid they may hurt someone's feelings. Or,
> someone might get mad at them, or, worse yet, they may be
> inconvenienced... Boo Hoo!
>
> In short... No. I'm not happy that thousands of folks died in New
> York. I am appalled though, that Americans will yell and scream in
> protest when American civilians are killed, yet, will sit on their
> fat, lazy asses, watching television and drinking beer, not even
> uttering a whimper of protest when the U.S. government goes out
> killing thousands, even hundreds of thousands of civilians in other
> countries. That's Sick!
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
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