> > --- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Since his actions are producing the conditions for
> > > MORE terrorism rather than less, this is asking a
> > > bit much.
> > > THERE IS NO WAR ON TERROR. The United States has
> > > fewer than
> > > 10000 casualities, civilian and military, since
> > > September 2001
> > > or whenever. Sorry, but we have not been hurt
> > > enough to
> > > justify treating this as a war. Having Bush call it
> > > a war
> > > does not make it one.
> > >
> > > ---David
> >
> > Maybe you think so. I lived two blocks north of the
> > World Trade Center site for a year. Let's just say
> > that I have less than no sympathy for any such view.
> > Let's see how many New Yorkers think we're not at war.
I live 100 miles from NYC myself. I know it was bad.
But it's still not a war. Or if it is a war, it needs to be
fought by non-military means. Gautam seems to be claiming that
it is so much of a war that it is wrong to criticize Bush, and
that it will remain such a war for years. This is ridiculous!
> > As for the argument that his actions are bringing us
> > more terrorism, not less - let's see:
> > In 2001 they killed 3000 Americans in the center of
> > the two most important cities in the United States.
> >
> > In 2002 they killed several hundred Australians in
> > Indonesia, a Third World Muslim-majority country.
To clarify, I meant "more terrorism over a 20 year
span". Unjust actions by America fuel terrorism against
America. There is a time delay--one does not decide to be
a terrorist overnight.
---David
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