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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (84313)	6/23/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "If you saw a little boy being beaten up every day, would you propose inaction because he was not your child?" Not to re-open an old discussion but the real question is why didn't anyone propose action when the child was of color? EP

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (84313)	6/23/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

I'll address your post in reverse order. You know, things would be so much clearer if an actual Declaration of War were required to use troops overseas. This would highlight the magnitude of what's being done in the name of Humanitarianism. If you saw a little boy being beaten up every day, would you propose inaction because he was not your child? If you answer yes to this, please do not take the time to respond further. I refuse to accept your analogy. The US Army is not a person observing a neighbor beating up a kid. It's an organ of the United States government designed to deter aggression, and, failing that, deliver lethal force (that is, kill people). If I respond as you would have me do I would have to shoot the person assaulting the child, yes? Your argument leads me to the conclusion that you believe that people everywhere are little children incapable of fighting back and they must depend on government to protect them from government. Hmmm... Intervention during a genocide and "do we intervene when people are thrown out of their homes? " are two entirely different things. The former mandates action by those with the power to create change. If I were to accept your analogy of the little boy, I would ask you why you would not act to keep the little boy from being thrown out on the street.