At 07:24 PM 8/27/2002 -0700 Doug wrote: >>Yeah that's a good point. It's wrong of course. We'll let a madman develop >>nuclear weapons because we're scared that if we take him out there will be >>more car bombs and homicide bombers. >> >And more people dedicated to the idea of smuggling a nuke into our >country, and more countries believing that it might be a good idea?
But why not take an optimistic view here? 50 years ago, the United States faced an enemy with an army of fanatics following a strange religion, living in a country ruled by an dictator, and many of whom were willing to sacrifice their lives in suicide missions in order to afflict damage against us. In retaliation, we dropped a weapon of nearly unspeakable proportions on them and occupied their country for many years. Today, Japan is one of our closest allies. The world is a better place because the US occupied Japan, and it will be a much better place after we occupy Iraq. JDG - Let Freedom Ring From the Tigris to the Euphrates _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
