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To: RocketMan who wrote (2314)	10/2/2001 10:15:16 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Shooting from the hip, so to speak, although the defensive use of nuclear weapons would be better justified than their offensive use, I wonder whether it would only escalate a regional conflict to a worldwide one, with "us" having more to lose than "them." I somehow think the loss on both sides would make this option unthinkable, and maybe the fact that even if I live through the excitement, the likelihood that the value of my own real estate would drop to $0 for at least 50+ years colors my thinking. The trade-off of my humble home in the U.S. for their tents or caves hardly seems equitable. Again, bin Laden and the Taliban and their followers are a very few extremists surrounded by millions of peaceful Muslims whose own lives have been made miserable by them. Why would we intentionally murder innocent civilians when we know better, and don't have to? BTW, thanks for the reference to "pacifist." You're the first person in my life who's ever connected that image with me. My father, a WWII vet, used to introduce me to friends in his political circles as being two steps to the right of Atilla the Hun. I guess I've mellowed. <g>.

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