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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (115069)	9/17/2003 9:40:45 AM
From: NightOwl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If it's total war, then I don't see why a nuke shouldn't be used to cut one's own losses. I'd prefer to nuke Hiroshima than have had my fathers and uncles invade and be killed. It's them or us in such circumstances. The Japanese had demonstrated their attitude to enemy civilians [and anyone else]. It was very ugly. They set the rules, which were total war. We are far from that situation at present. I hope. Mqurice, Interesting comments, as usual, and not just the one I've snipped. But I'm afraid I don't see the logic of your assertions. You seem to wind up at principles suspiciously similar to the old "eye for and eye," or at minimum "let the punishment fit the crime." Am I reading that correctly? And you begin by decrying the "Laws" of the jungle, victor, etc., but accept the view that Japan, at least of the 1900 - 1945 era, was an enemy worthy of total war and all it's WMD implements. But then you conclude that we aren't close to that situation now? May I ask what response you'd find appropriate for a religious sect whose members believe it's obligated/blessed to sacrifice it's children to blow up mine? I take OBL and the Saudi Ambassador Jacob quoted for us seriously. And I see little difference between the "moral" character of OBL's Taliban friends and Japan of 1935, ...or the US of 1935 for that matter, although if one can quantify morality I can certainly see an argument that they were not equivalent. It seems to me that OBL and his stripe has as you say chosen to "set the rules" and I don't think it's possible for them to be any more at war than they already are. Should I be less committed to my defense? Am I limited in my response to training my teenagers to blow themselves up in Saudi mosques? Shall I call upon all Christians to join a holy crusade to blow themselves up in the nearest mosque on whatever high holy day is next available? 0\|0