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To: redfish who wrote (144058)	8/25/2004 4:06:53 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

"Nations are free to do as they please. " And individuals can kill and thats why there are laws and outlaws and in the case of iraq under saddam, outlaw states. And then there are the police--city, state, fbi, and UN or nato who try to perform that function. So you are right but you are wrong too. mike

To: redfish who wrote (144058)	8/25/2004 4:17:23 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

So we should be guided by the following rule of thumb: Only do what you can get away with, or at least where there is some cost-benefit you are willing to live with -- and if you have the firepower, you can pretty much do what you want. Might makes right. If India massacres Pakistan and gets away with it, all is fair in war. Same for Israel -- if there is the firepower to take out all the Arab world, and nobody strong enough to oppose it, then its their call. Not a very civilized point of view -- the law of the biggest gun.

To: redfish who wrote (144058)	8/26/2004 9:01:51 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

The Neglected Home Front ___________________________ By Stephen E. Flynn From Foreign Affairs September/October 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: The Bush administration has waged an aggressive war against terrorists abroad, but it has neglected to protect the homeland, even though Americans in the United States are the ones most vulnerable to future attacks. The government must do more to safeguard critical U.S. infrastructure and mobilize the American public to help. For starters, it should create a semi-independent federal agency tapping into private resources that would develop and enforce security standards. cont'd at ... foreignaffairs.org