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To: michael97123 who wrote (402)	5/17/2007 12:53:09 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 4152

What does a nation state have the right to do when under direct attack? Isn't that determined on a case-by-case basis? Today, if the US were to send in UAVs into Iran to gather intelligence that would be a violation of air space and an act of War. What does Iran have the right to do? I am sure when the US started targeting civilian targets we said it was in retribution for what the germans and Japanese did first. I'm not sure that during WWII they bothered with such details. Today's world of instant communications has created that problem. With CNN, BBC, etc. at the scene with satellite feeds that forces governments to explain what's going on. I head there was a book fairly recently released about the Japanese bombing of the US mainland during WWII. Balloons were flown across the pacific and made it as far as Michigan. The intent was to start fires to weaken the will of the American people. It's difficult to fathom today, but FDR was able to get the press to not publish it. jttmab