> -----Original Message-----
> From: James B. Byrne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: How To Stop Suicide Terrorists...
>
>
> On 1 Jun 2002 at 0:20, Wayne R. Boyer wrote:
>
> > That's right, we are at war and have been at war for some
> time.  It's
> > just that almost everyone ignored Osama's statements until 9/11.
>
> No, the USA is not at war and we should all be thankful that at least
> some people in charge of that nation have the restraint to keep it
> that way, at least for the time being.  The metaphor of war has been
> so misused by people who know little or nothing of violent, lethal,
> combat that I believe that there exists a real danger that
> the citizens
> of  western countries will fail to realize that there is a
> line between
> criminal and warlike conduct.
>

<snip>

>
> War is far more terrible than most of us can imagine and thankfully
> even fewer of us have experienced.  Personal death or
> dismemberment are not necessarily the greatest of its terrors for
> those that serve.  What preys on ones mind and conscience are the
> consequences of decisions that one wished one never had to make,
> and the mistakes that others paid for. The only saving grace for
> many is that the situation was thrust upon them and that they did the
> best they could under the circumstances.  This a far cry from what
> OBL and those of similar ilk seek to carry out.
>

Nice theory but you miss a few little things:

These "criminals" are funded by government's hostile to the US. If someone
hires a person to kill me, am I not justified in going after the employer as
well as the employee?

The Middle East is full of Islamic religous leaders who preach the
destruction of the West as a duty required of muslims and teach hatred of
anyone who does not think as they do. They have declared war on us, not us
on them.

Closing your eyes to the world does nothing but hand victory to your
enemies. All we need is the PC liberals to get out of the way and stop
hindering those who are trying to get the job done. Fortunately our military
is not yet filled with the kind of weakness you and the mainstream media
seem to think, although Clinton did his best to make it so, they still have
the will to fight. Something that appears to have suprised the Taliban and
Osama.

For some the concepts of Honor, Duty and protecting your country and loved
ones is not a thing of horror thrust upon them but a choice they made and
have pride in.

......

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better
still to be a live lion. And usually easier. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough
for Love


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