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

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (37563)	11/19/2001 9:49:25 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Perfect analogy. "Shooting" an unarmed victim in the back is the ultimate act of cowardice. Made even more despicable in that the person "ordering" the act of cowardice is unwilling to carry out the deed himself. But try to looking at what I have written without the influence of emotion and use logic this time. You forgot bias and ideology. That is the "lens" that distorts logic every time.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (37563)	11/19/2001 10:09:01 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

-There was no warning of attack Wrong. Osama has been declaring jihad and threatening to kill Americans for years. Obviously he wasn't going to reveal the specific time and place; that would be dumb. But there has never been much doubt about his intentions. -The people attacked were essentially defenseless The people attacked were protected by the world's most abundantly financed military and Intelligence apparatus. Unfortunately, as we have discovered, financing does not necessarily equal efficiency. -The person that directed the attack did it without having to fear that the victims would fight back. The person directing the attack knew that retribution would be swift and inevitable. His mistake lay in believing that he could manipulate that retribution in a way that would provoke insurrection in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Was it cowardly for US aircraft to drop napalm on villages suspected of cooperating with enemy soldiers in Vietnam? Was it cowardly to dump herbicides on crops, and to bomb dikes? By your calculation, yes.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (37563)	11/19/2001 10:50:13 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

He wasn't afraid of us, that wasn't why he didn't alert us. He wanted to kill as many people as possible. It is effectiveness, not cowardice, that drove his scheme. There was no warning of attack so he could kill the maximum number of people He wanted to kill the maximum number of people because he hoped to provoke a grand response from the US Osama wanted the US to invade Afghanistan Now you try to look at what I've written logically Have you read the interviews with this man? He is very intelligent. He appears to be fearless. He may have fears which he hides, but he shows no fear. That is per se the antithesis of cowardice.