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To: MSI who wrote (22156)	12/30/2003 6:11:57 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793671

"I don't dismiss the gov't in power, just the criminals that hide behind unaccountability." You keep making that sweeping allegation, but never provide any specifics. Could you actually cite a few specific criminal acts & specific credible evidence? Or is this just an assertion conjured from your over-imaginative perception of reality?

To: MSI who wrote (22156)	12/30/2003 8:07:37 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793671

"The ability to use military force is important. The credible deterrance is from having it, and not needing to use it, not from using it under false pretenses. That just weakens US profile to enemies, and the world in general." Against the soviets, certainly. Against the maniacs we now face, i doubt it. If folks are willing to commit suicide for what they consider a higher aim, then deterrence alone wont always work but perhaps deterrence in conjuction with preemption it will. Knowing that we will preempt perhaps further deters the bad guys. And as far as the masses go, victory coupled with doses of democracy, self determination and sprinkled with a little free enterprise and free trade can work wonders. A modern example would be mao's china, which would no longer be recognizable to tseng much less mao. Mike