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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (3235)	8/26/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: RJC2006	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

<<<While I don't necessarily disagree with you, I think it should be pointed out that you are also expressing the terrorists' rationale for killing innocents. Eg., anyone who is inside a US embassy is necessarily either doing business with, or aiding and abetting, the United States, and is therefore a target. Same argument applies.>>> Rhetoric over reality. It has long been established that the evil resides in the side that shoots first. <<<To be honest, though, I don't think the US has the stomach for a true "war on terrorism." As you indicate, it would require us to routinely infringe over national boundries (no big deal in Sudan, but how about Russia? China? France?) with or without the consent of the government. Further, it will require extermination of anyone who offers sanctuary, and will necessarily spill over into collateral casualties. Damned terrorists won't bunch up and fight like men.>>> Excellent observation. Something that I have thought about but refrained from writing about. We have a war on terrorism in which it is relatively easy to bomb targets in Sudan and Afghanistan but would we be so willing to expand that to nuclear countries as well? Doubtful which places us in the unenviable position of perhaps being viewed as cowardly. However, I do believe that these countries controlling nuclear capabilities understand the perils of harboring such elements within their borders and find they have very little to gain by doing such. This is why I am more prone to administer stealth attacks directly on the terrorists themselves. It may seem difficult to do but it will have to be done this way at some point.