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To: TimF who wrote (2625)	2/6/2004 1:28:53 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

What you don't see is that your bias is muddying up the picture. Both the Palestinians and the US military think they are doing what needs to be done to protect their interests. The net aim (defeating Israel or defeating Saddam) wasn't part of the calculations. The target of the attacks (civilians or the regime of a brutal military dictator) is the distinction. In one case you have deliberate targeting of civilians in the other you have care taken not to hit civilians. I am just as subject to bias as other people but this point isn't biased or muddy. The principle is clear and I am applying it in an even handed way. You might not agree with the principle but that doesn't make the point muddy or biased. Whether you are careful or not, the killing of civilians is the killing of civilians. Furthermore, when our bombs screw up, they take out a lot more civilians that any other suicide bomber ever could. In three years, hundreds of Israelis civilians have been killed. In three months, we killed from 5k to 15k civilians. You do the math. Its unbelievable you can make your comments with a straight face. Our bombs are good and the Palestinians bombs are bad! Yeah, right!