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Thread #38897   Message #551017
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
15-Sep-01 - 06:06 PM
Thread Name: War (against countries that support terrorism)
Subject: RE: WAR.........
"Make a crater of their country" comes pretty close, and we've had that.

Zero tolerance for any country harbouring or supporting terrorists isn't as simple as it might sound. On some definitions the USA would qualify, and so would most countries.

What were the contras but terrorists? What about an Israeli government that plants bombs that kill the families of people identified as targets? Who trained Bin Laden in unconventional warfare techniques, and supplied him with weapons when he was fighting the Russians?

And so on and so forth.

Again, I'd say that the people who are harassing Asians in the wake of the atrocity are acting in a sense as agents of Tuesday's terrorists, since that kind of things helps their cause. Which(since racial attacks are in themslevs terrorist) makes them terrorists twice times over. Currently being harboured by the USA, or the UK or wherever. (My son just told me a mosque in Southend-on-Sea where he works has been vandalised.)