On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:59:08 GMT, jsavard@no-spam () wrote:
>What those who destroyed the World Trade Center towers did was evil; so
>abominably and monstrously evil that to give the devils responsible even
>their due is in poor taste for the time being. Those attackers chose,
>wilfully, and without cause, to cut off thousands of innocent lives in
>their prime and bring a tremendous grief to thousands of families.
Of course it was evil. And it was directed against the US, which has
itself acted in evil ways in many parts of the globe, and has been
responsible for countless deaths of innocent families.
>This will never be forgotten.
Correct.
>There is no question of anything in United States foreign policy being
>considered as anything worse than imperfect; there is no comparison, no
>"moral equivalency" possible. America represents freedom and democracy;
For its own people. Not for those whom it invades or otherwise
illegally interferes with.
>because of its great power, it dare not risk falling into tyranny, so it
>must maintain a political system with distributed power that prevents
>dealing as expeditiously as one might wish with such matters as racial
>inequality.
Huh?
>The American people, and everyone else in the civilized world that cares
>about the lives and well-being of peaceful hard-working innocent
>law-abiding people, have been awakened by the events of September 11,
>2001. Terrorists should realize that it is now GAME OVER for that kind of
>tactic, and those that do not will be defeated.
Based on the results to date, that is not at all clear.
>(It is astonishing that
>there are still some democratic countries where an overwhelming public
>sympathy has not brought about total solidarity with Israel on the part of
>their governments, but this should not take much longer.)
What does Israel have to do with your argument? Israel kills
innocent civilians, and has 'weapons of mass destruction'.
>The Islamic world will cease to be a breeding ground for terrorism.
>Children growing up there will be taught tolerance, and the notion that
>inequality before the law of Muslim and non-Muslim is right and proper
>will be cast down and ridiculed, from one end of the Islamic world to the
>other before this is over. No longer will people in that part of the world
>be afraid of violence against them if they convert to another religion, as
>they are now in many countries there.
Hmm. You have a lot to learn of the world, young fellow.
--
Craig