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To: D. Long who wrote (61226)	12/13/2002 12:47:49 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (4) of 281500

Otherwise, you're in the position of asserting that we should ALLOW Americans to die, in massive numbers, before acting. That is unconscionable. I strongly agree with most of your post. I don't find in unconscionable that there are people who believe that we should risk a large loss of life to avoid the risk of war. There is a risk/benefit assessment that needs to be made. What I do find unconscionable are the people who condem the idea of war while denying or avoiding making this risk/reward assessment. It takes no particular talent to find a good argument to avoid war. War is risk. It is a rare talent, these days, to find people who can argue against war and own up to the risk of inaction. It may calm our anxieties to shift the location of the enemy from 'out there' to 'in here' but it does nothing to lessen the threat. Paul

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