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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence

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To: Captain Jack who wrote (9445)	11/1/2001 11:48:25 AM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (2) of 27666

Dear Pentagon, Where Are the Flamethrowers? "The Pentagon has openly solicited ideas about how we might go about achieving our goals in the war against terrorism, and more specifically, the war in Afghanistan," ksu93 writes. "Scott Shuger posits an interesting question in Slate.com: Whatever happened to the flamethrower, that ubiquitous weapon so common in WW II films? Although flamethrowers were used to some degree in Vietnam, no branch of the U.S. military currently has a flamethrower in its arsenal and no one really seems to know exactly when it stopped being used. But in light of the fact that our new foe hides in caves, it seems wise to take a lesson from WW II, where we also fought an enemy who liked to hide in similar caves. Shuger argues that there's no ethical reason why flamethrowers should be per se taboo under any circumstances. His position is that it's no worse than any of the other weapon we so readily use, all of which can result in horrible deaths and disfigurement. Might it be a good idea to consider bringing back this venerable weapon in the event that our troops are forced to hunt terrorists from cave to cave?" plastic.com

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