Japan attacked you first, so your agonizing over Hiroshima doesn't even enter into the picture. There are no "right" people to bomb in Iraq.
Gary Smith wrote: > I hope we bomb the right people, also. However, it isn't always easy to > draw the line in the right place. Was the bombing of Hiroshima and > Nagasaki justified? Must we have lost one million American soldiers > invading Japan, just to keep from wiping out 300,000 Japanese people? > > I think we have been rather patient with Hussein. He stopped the > inspections 4 years ago, and we haven't done anything about it, yet. We > still wouldn't be doing anything about it, had the WTC not been toppled, > killing thousands. If Hussein were just a big bully in the neighborhood, > we would probably leave him alone. However, he is one that historically > has shown he will use bio-chem warfare on peoples (Iran and the Kurds). > He is known to have been seeking nuclear weapons. During the last war, he > sought a burnt-earth strategy, setting fire to the Kuwaiti oil fields. > > Hussein may not be directly involved in the past attacks, but is part of > a growing regional problem. Given what we know of history, if a new Nazi > party arose in Germany, and Jews started disappearing into concentration > camps; would you suggest we wait until they attacked us to do something > about it? I know America historically has striven to stay aloof, > especially in war. However, we now live in an age of mass destruction. > Would you suggest we wait until one of our major cities is left > uninhabitable by a dirty bomb? The fall of the WTC damaged our economy, > extending the recession for over a year. Imagine the economic damage if > NYC, LA, or some other major city were evacuated and left empty for years > while we cleaned up the radiation contamination. Is that what you are > suggesting we do? > I don't like the idea of having to invade Iraq. But I know that if we do, > most of the rest of the Arab world will quietly submit, and back off from > the idea of suicide bombers and mass destruction. If we can accomplish > that ideal, then we have won a major victory. Secondly, we may succeed in > bringing democracy into the region, as we did in Europe and Japan after > WWII. > > Regardless of their current problems, Afghanis are better off now than > they were a year ago. At least women can have a life, and soccer fields > are for playing in-not for executions.... > K'aya K'ama, > Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www > .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html > "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > > JWR: > I just hope we strafe and bomb the right guy. Are we certain that Saddam > Hussein was behind the incidents that you mention? It would be a shame > if we clobber Peter for something that Paul did. > I wonder how many Americans would be in favor of this war if it were > between two evenly matched opponents? > Your friend and brother, > John W. Redelfs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
