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To: Sig who wrote (139814)	7/11/2004 11:26:23 AM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

solid argument for preemptive action. It's a solid argument for pretending to be French when in Iraq. I hope those journalists sitting in the hotels are taking the time to work on their fake French accents and cover stories. Fetch-a da la vache! members.tripod.com

To: Sig who wrote (139814)	7/11/2004 2:04:06 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

It is only a solid argument for preemptive action, if preemptive action is the solution you want to come up with. It's a very solid argument for many other things as well- but if you have one end point in mind, you may not see those other possible conclusions.

To: Sig who wrote (139814)	7/11/2004 2:24:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

I do agree that just sitting around idly while terrorists increase their numbers and become stronger and better armed seems incredibly stupid. I would suggest that one reason - maybe the main reason - for our historical inertia towards terrorism has been the fact that terrorists are often proxies for nation states, and we don't approve of the initiation of violence against another nation state. Al Qaeda isn't a proxy for a nation state, so it's fair game. In fact, no nation state today openly considers Al Qaeda to be anything but fair game.