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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Garden Rose who wrote (4359)	1/29/2003 4:48:27 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

<< In my heart of hearts, my greatest fear is retaliation. >> Each time that America got attacked in the past, such as when the terrorists bombed the Cole, or when they bombed our embassies in Africa, and we did little, the terrorists became more brazened. Our lack of fighting back, led to the Sept 11th attacks, IMHO. So, the question is: Will the terrorist continue to try and attack America regardless of whether we fight back or not? Or, if we do strike back, will it cause the terrorists to think twice before attacking us again? It worked with khadafy of Libya. We blew his tent up and killed his son, and we, then, didn't hear a peep out of him for years. << However, I despair in the thought as to what America will be like in the coming years, shopping mall bombings, kidnappings, dousings with bio/chem, fear and more fear. >> Unfortunately, I think that America will see some of those types of attacks in the future. Our enemies are many, and they are ruthless. Being nice to terrorists and the criminally insane has never worked in the past, and I doubt if it will work today. << Will anybody care when I say "I told you so." >> If we do not stop murderous thugs from developing weapons of mass destruction, all the "I told you so's" in the world, won't stop them from using them on us.

To: Garden Rose who wrote (4359)	1/29/2003 4:57:12 PM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 25898

beware. you may get a stoopid response to that post. I HOPE I AM WRONG

To: Garden Rose who wrote (4359)	1/29/2003 5:02:31 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 25898

my greatest fear is retaliation. It's not just mad bombers who will retaliate. Already Coca Cola is being boycotted and replaced by local brands in some countries. American products used to have a cachet, it was progressive to emulate American culture. Our trade balance is the worst it has ever been, and there is nothing in this war that will make it better. TP

To: Garden Rose who wrote (4359)	1/29/2003 6:16:09 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

You're fear is the one most have, but few articulate, since the Bush policy of massive retaliation for a few individuals then makes no sense. In fact it only increases terrorism threats in our country, according to the CIA. Unilateral damage to Arab countries accelerates recruits for suicide missions to the US, instead of just to Israel. What Bush is doing will lead to greater terrorism in the US, not less. The reasons for that are hard to believe, but one fact is that without terrorism, Bush is nothing.