mg:

It is indeed a dilemma. I don't know what the solution is, but I don't think "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" is it.

Maybe Lyndon Johnson was on to something when he said he wasn't going to send American boys to do a job Vietmanese boys should be doing. He lied, of course, but maybe there's an idea there. I think some people might rather die fighting a tyrant than be killed to save them from the tyrant.

Again I don't know what the solution is, but there must be more choices than just "Shock and Awe." I do know you can't help people unless they want help, and are working on it themselves.

clint