Re: WTC Tragedy

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:

> beer@s... wrote:
>
> > On 13 Sep, CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y... wrote:
> > > > Peter,
> > > >
> > > > It just crossed on the news wires 5 minutes ago that
> > > > there may be
> > > > more than 20,000 dead. I light of that, and if true,
> > > > Peter I ask you
> > > > what would constitue over-reaction from your
> > > > perspective?
> > > >
> > > > Mariss
> >
> > Over-reaction ?
> >
> > The death of innocent civilians who by sheer accident of birth

find

> > themselves weak and powerless citizens of a totalitarian regime,
> > punished in retaliation for the actions of a leadership they know
> > nothing about.
> >
> > This would constitute an over-reaction, one not far removed

morally

> > from the original crime.
>
> There is a "school of thought" that feels that any people who

knuckle under

> a totalitarian regime and tolerate its criminal acts (in their

name) are

> also to blame for the barbaric acts of that totalitarian regime. I

feel

> that there is some merit in these thoughts.
>
> > Thankfully, it would appear that the leadership of the US has no

such

> > intention; it would appear that as a nation of law, the US will

obey the

> > law.
> >
> > Your government and your President must be given the greatest of

praise

> > for resisting the temptation to do the easy thing and just "nuke

them

> > all", as has been advocated by some.
> >
> > It would be a tragedy beyond all reckoning if the greatest power

in the

> > world also became the greatest terrorist in the world, for then

the bad

> > guys truly would have won.
>
> Allowing terrorists to operate freely without retribution IS, in

fact,

> aiding
> and abetting their abominable acts. We have been far too lenient

with

> terrorists in the recent past, and we now see the fruits of that

leniency.

> I'm not advocating nuclear annihilation for all of Afghanistan (or

wherever

> the terrorist base is determined to be), but a severe punishment

that will

> make them think a long time before they ever allow another terrorist
> to set up a huge camp in their country.
>
> Jon