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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (38554)	11/24/2001 10:35:21 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 82486

Cowardice is judged relative to the cause and situation. One is not expected to risk as much for a football game as one would to save a life. One is not expected to risk as much if the gesture is likely to be futile, or the ground held is strategically trivial. The standard is duty: cowardice is failing to perform at the call of duty, heroism is performing above and beyond the call of duty. Presumably, then, if one imagines oneself to be fighting on behalf of Allah, to bring the world into conformity to His will, one's duty is grave. Has it occurred to anyone that the Taliban has proved to be a cowardly lot, even granting our air superiority? The haven't put up much of a fight in any contested city. They have behaved the way mercenaries would behave, easily switching sides for money, cutting and running as the Northern Alliance marched upon Kabul, and generally not acting as one would expect of devoted fanatics defending their own homeland. The fact that they have fought for a cause is irrelevant. What is relevant is their behavior in context, and it appears to be cowardly.........

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