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To: JohnM who wrote (97802)	5/10/2003 4:48:27 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And many of those deaths were because the Sharon government is using weapons well beyond those commensurate with either the attacks on Israel or with the danger Could you please enlighten us as to what weapons would be commensurate with fighting a terrorist paramilitary organization that uses civilians as human shields for its weapons factories and fighters? Would just sitting on the defensive and getting blown up whenever one of the terrorists slipped through, would that be commensurate? but as I remember, you don't like checkpoints either.

To: JohnM who wrote (97802)	5/10/2003 5:56:59 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 281500

<<And many of those deaths were because the Sharon government is using weapons well beyond those commensurate with either the attacks on Israel or with the danger.>> My oh my, commensurate, now that's a pretty big word. Pretty much means equal. Now when in the history of war, police action or retaliation has "commensurate" come into play? In all those actions parties strive to have the biggest weapon. Use it to their best advantage. Why would Israel want to retaliate with suicide bombers when they have tanks and missiles? That's like saying the US should have bought old Russian tanks and left the Carrier Groups and planes at home when fighting Iraq.