From: Hermit (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 01:27:01 MST
Some (mainly Saudi Arabian) terrorists killed about 3,000 people in New York in November of last year.
It has been suggested that the \"collateral\" death toll in Afghanistan already exceeds this number. The all too few prisoners taken during the \"Afghan campaign\" appear not to be guilty of any crime - and indeed, it seems that the US may be guilty of war crimes by holding them as they are [url]http://www.bartcop.com/arc-oped.htm[/url] (excellently written analysis by the way).
Meanwhile, the US is killing 6000 Iraqi children a month. Those whom we claim to be our allies in this exercise seem strangely reluctant to become involved in fighting yet another war with us. One does not have to be gifted with great understanding to comprehend why. After all, we have not yet brought any recent wars to any decent conclusion - perhaps because war is not usually the most appropriate tool to resolve troubles caused primarily by poverty and belief.
In addition, despite suggestions by the smirking chimp [url]http://www.smirkingchimp.com[/url], it seems that there is no [i]evidence[/i] linking Iraq to acts of terror, which gives the lie to assertions that this is simply a component of an unwinnable \"war against terror\". Unwinable, because as Isarel is currently demonstrating, one does not halt terror by inducing more.
So excuse me if I wonder exactly how killing more Iraqi\'s is going to appear to be \"satisfying\" to anyone? Other, of course, than to the smirking chimp\'s daddy. I am sure that he will be proud of him...
Hermit
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