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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (134566)	5/28/2004 10:23:28 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

a real big objection I have about certain bad wars is the motivation to lose 10x more lives, "so that those who died, did not die in vain" Which might be just as valid as my objection against ignoring certain international security threats until they actually require the deaths of millions to quash... Example: Failure to confront Communism in 1917, and failure to confront Nazism during the '30s. Or more recently, failure to confront Pol Pot, or the genocides in Ruwanda.. But I do grant you that were it not for the dependence by the global economy upon the oil of the mid-east, there would be less inclination to view Islamic militancy as an international threat. But such dependence is a reality, not just for the US, but for the rest of the industrialized(ing) world. And that's a significant economic resource that not only the West has an interest in preserving, but that the militants also have an interest in controlling as a weapon against the Western economies And never forget that Jim... The Militants want that oil under their control just as badly as the Western nations. They need it to finance their Jihad, just as much as we need it to power our economies. Hawk

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