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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (191020)	7/6/2006 2:59:36 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hitler - head of big, industrialized country out to wage war. Hamas - not. Just because you wish to draw comparisons doesn't mean those comparisons make any sense whatsoever. Dubyette and the Republicans don't believe in the democratic system one whit which is why they're able to pervert it time and again without one lick of remorse. What in the world does that have to do with anything? Prior to the formation of Israel, what do you think the future-Israelis were thinking, saying and doing? Were they going to knock politely at the door and request land? If the Germans should have been able to predict Hitler, then Americans most assuredly should have been able to predict the disaster that is Iraq. Nope, didn't do that. Here you go again. Pre-emption, pre-emption and more pre-emption which is just a facade for illegal, unethical belligerence. Are you saying that Saddam could have legally and ethically acted against the heads of coalition countries once they intimated that they would topple his government? He was, after all, an 'elected' dictator which puts him in pretty near Dubyette after the debacles of Florida and Ohio. Even that nut Rumsfeld disagrees with you: "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said assassinating a foreign leader "is against the law. Our department doesn't do that type of thing." usatoday.com So, you think provocation is sufficient grounds for the death penalty? Goodness gracious, you are a violent sort.