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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (61084)	4/23/2008 1:46:02 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 542095

"Obliterate" is not war, it is murder. No need to preach to me. I'm such a softie that I carefully collect most bugs I find in my house and put them outside. Murder, let alone obliteration, is not my style. Okay I didn't even want to address that point but why on earth do you think that threatening to murder millions of people is a good thing for the United States to do, given that the world is already pretty down on us over the whole Iraq thing? I don't think it's a good thing. I just think it might be the best option available and should be considered. Doing nothing and letting the bombs fly isn't a good thing, either. There are no good options. Perhaps the least worst is to just hope for the best but that's not very satisfying, either.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (61084)	4/23/2008 1:47:19 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542095

Okay I didn't even want to address that point but why on earth do you think that threatening to murder millions of people is a good thing for the United States to do, given that the world is already pretty down on us over the whole Iraq thing? Threating to blow up the USSR if they tried to blow us up kept the world safe during the cold war. Works for me, however I doubt this will work in this case.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (61084)	4/23/2008 6:28:28 PM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542095

We did not obliterate Germany, we did not obliterate Japan, we did not obliterate Korea, we did not obliterate Vietnam, we did not obliterate Iraq ... we did not obliterate ANYONE Hmmmm. Well, it is quite true that so far the U.S. has not obliterated any entire country. Would it be unfair to point out that we did do a pretty good job of obliterating Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Including more than a few innocent children and civilians. In a war. In order to save the lives of Americans which otherwise would have been lost in a Japanese invasion. My guess is that a pretty high percentage of Americans today approve of that historic act. When, not if, Iran finally develops the big one, and they are totally mad enough to obliterate Israel, and threaten to sell it to terrorist groups in order to threaten the U.S.....well, the POTUS has a problem. With no perfect solutions. I'm not sure that it's quite fair, however, to propose that hypothetical question to anyone running for president.