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To: JungleInvestor who wrote (8685)	9/26/2001 11:19:04 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) of 23153

JungleInvestor, Re: <<We are at war. If there is anything that we should have learned from the Vietnam War, it's that we should not go to war if we do not have the intention of winning, and this means not pulling any punches.>> If that is the thing we learned from the VN war then we are doomed to learn an even bigger lesson in the future. The one thing we SHOULD have learned from the Viet Nam war was that you cannot win a foreign war in a country where the people support the enemy you fight. Dropping tactical nukes in the Middle East will create fanatical anger and determination in people who might otherwise have sat this one out. The bigger danger is not Bin Laden and the current crop of terrorists. They are dangerous and must be dealt with but the real danger is the climate of anger and mistrust that creates a fertile breeding ground for many potential Bin Ladens. You don't drop tactical nukes in a region that you want to live in harmony with in the future. We should decide whether we want to engage in a scorched earth policy and wipe them all out or whether we want to respond only to those who fit our definition of terrorists who are a direct threat to our people and property. The truth is that we cannot build a great wall around our country. As KB says, if we cock this up and make it bigger and stronger, then we will have signed the death warrant for many more of our own, including women and children. Why not take a long term view to do the most good for the most people? Why not think rationally now instead of later when the repercussions of our actions have resonated back to us and we have to acknowledge that you cannot bomb an idea? If you try, you simply write it in blood. Ed

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