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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (29832)	9/27/2001 10:31:11 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

but at some point if our interests do not coincide and their concerns can not be accomodated, we need to do what we need to do to make sure our citizens are safe.... Yes, that's what I'm saying. But I don't think our citizens can be safe if our first reaction, or even our second reaction, is to say "screw them." Or even if we give the impression that we are prepared to say "screw them" cavalierly--without extraordinary soul-searching, thoughtfulness, and deliberation. "Screw them" sounds hot headed, ill-considered, and bullying to me. In the final analysis, it may be necessary, but only in the final analysis. And we ain't there yet. Karen