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Thread #58817   Message #936139
Posted By: Forum Lurker
18-Apr-03 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: What Have We Learned from the War?
Subject: RE: BS: What Have We Learned from the War?
GUEST of 3:58-Well, if the shoe fits . . . Seriously, we have demonstrated that neither lack of evidence nor international law nor the opinion of the world will stop us from acting, and we have stated that we reserve the right to attack any nation, using any weapons, should we believe that A) they might be a threat, B) they might be in violation of a treaty we signed with them, or C) that they are in violation of human rights. If C had been the only reason, and had been brought up from the first, I would not be so suspicious, except that we ignore or ally with countries whose human rights record is just as bad. We can't target terrorism not simply because it is an attitude, but because every step we have taken to combat it only feeds the flames.