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To: Rick Julian who wrote (3218)	10/7/2001 9:58:21 AM
From: JustTradeEm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

There has not been a knee jerk military reaction--an approach that,apparently, would have made you feel safe, but would have probably broadened the scope of the conflict, and undermined its ultimate effectiveness. Not an issue of safe, the world is unsafe .... I've been in many unsafe environments. My reasoning capabilities are fine thank you; this effort will need to be multi-faceted. Yes, evil needs to be eradicated, make no mistake about that. I imagine what will need to follow are years of financial support, education and hopefully, acceptance of others by anyone who preaches hatred. Appeasement plays a part in none of the above. JB

To: Rick Julian who wrote (3218)	10/7/2001 1:28:18 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Karma... I don't believe you're a coward... You're concerned, just the like rest of us that this might get out of control, but not a coward. Yes... it was good that we were deliberate about these strikes and took time to calm fears of the muslim world and to build coalitions. The only think I would say is that we can't limited in our reaction and response by fears of what OBL's group may do to retaliate. The kind of war that he's trying to wage renders all Americans as combatants, overseas, and here at home, with the potential for casualties. But we must not doubt ourselves in this, or we'll undercut the moral support that our troops deserve. Lot's of peaceniks are going to try and tell us that we brought this upon ourselves and that we're overreacting and causing casualities on innocent civilians... But that can't be helped sometimes. Lord knows it didn't prevent the terrorists from inflicting tremendous civilian casualities upon us and they will target us again, if given the opportunity. And if the scope the conflict expands, then we must be willing to meet that challenge as well until we eliminate the ability of these terror networks to cause damage to us, as well as denying them a place to hide (even if that means targeting other nations that harbor and support them). Hawk

To: Rick Julian who wrote (3218)	10/13/2001 11:17:12 AM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

I think we have to regard the Bush administration's underpinnings with a critical eye as Sullivan suggests (#reply-16498664): Forte's also close to many of the theocons on the right who have done their best to blur the clear distinctions between Church and State that make the United States such a unique experiment in world history. Such theocons have far too much clout, in my view, in the Bush White House, and may be blurring some of our vision in the current conflict with Islamo-fascism.