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To: chomolungma who wrote (67438)	1/29/2003 9:27:19 AM
From: zonder	of 70976

That's a fallacy of logic No it's not. He is not saying those two countries are identical. Either murder is a crime or it is not. If it is not a crime for one person, it cannot be held a crime for the other, either, notwithstanding their respective popularity. Similarly, if preemptive attacks are now acceptable, they are acceptable for all countries. You seem to be arguing that Iraq is a more grave danger than India and hence preemptive attack in this special case would be justified. However, (1) Iraq is by no means an imminent danger, only a prospective one. As such, it is impossible to justify an attack. Example: If a guy attacks you with a knife, or threatens to, you could knife him and get away wit it as "self defense". If he is just sitting there with a knife in his pocket, you can't very well just cut his throat because he MIGHT one day attack you. (2) You cannot possibly be the judge of just how great a threat India and Pakistan can be to each other in the future. If they feel there's a danger, it is no more immaterial than US concerns about Iraq's potential for future problems.

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