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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (18257)	12/5/2002 12:03:39 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 23908

Interesting that Mr. Cohen has suddenly found Jesus to be a useful commodity. Tom

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (18257)	12/5/2002 8:54:18 PM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

One can legitimately go to war against Iraq and Iraqis because of what the Baghdad government does, since Iraq's citizens have to accept responsibility for their government, even if it is a despotism. The same can be said about Iranians, Saudi Arabians, Egyptians, Indonesians, Pakistanis - and Americans. The American people bear an ultimate responsibility for what their government does even if citizens individually oppose those actions. However, neither Muslims nor Americans deserve to die because they are the product of their civilizations, whether those civilizations are admirable or not. To think otherwise is totalitarian thinking. It is the equivalent of racist thinking. The enemy is an enemy not because of what he or she does but because of what he or she is. The Muslim is the enemy - man, woman and child - because of his or her cultural and religious identification. fine- so go after most of the muslim countries- because of their actions.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (18257)	12/6/2002 11:53:26 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23908

Communists during the same period were being told to exterminate aristocrats, "kulaks" (wealthy peasants), shopkeepers and professionals, capitalists, "deviationist" party members and eventually Jews as well. The murder of all these was justified because they were "class enemies." It's interesting how the right-wing bias pervades every corner of our society. To overlook the capitalists' call to exterminate communists of every stripe is stunning. That's a major part of 20th century history that the author has omitted. Most notably, he highlights the Nazi assault on Jews, but not the Nazi assault on Communists. And this is written by someone who appears quite reasonable. Tom