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To: epicure who wrote (172500)	10/14/2005 6:42:25 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> as I see it, you can't turn a country in to a bug zapper (where lots of innocent Iraqis are also getting zapped out of existence at the same time)... About a year ago I read a very heartfelt essay from an Iraqi who said exactly the same thing. In his words (speaking from memory), "This is our home. This is where we live. It is our children who are getting killed by the terrorists. What gives you the right to turn our home into your battle ground to solve your terrorist problems?" >> but even if it DID, we don't have the right to turn another country into our bug zapper... I agree, but morality aside, the "bug zapper" only works if and only if it is killing more terrorists than it is producing...and I've seen no evidence that that is the case.

To: epicure who wrote (172500)	10/14/2005 6:45:48 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think Iraq gives poor Jihaddis a place they can drive to, easily fit in, and blow themselves up for Allah. These people would NEVER last five minutes in the US, presuming they could ever get here. So, terrorists may be "zapping" themselves in Iraq, but there not the ones that would or WILL threaten us over here. Ask the Londoners. The Dumbfuc*istanis like Peter seem to have this idea that there's a fixed number of jihaddis, and eventually they'll all blow themselves up. They don't get that each Iraqi WE kill probably generates at least three insurgnents and two jihaddis. That the sons of dead Sunni Iraqi insurgents are also becoming jihaddis, and their sons are just waiting until THEY can carry the explosive vest...