From: "Geo." 

The point you miss is the flu shot only works if you get it, since not
everyone gets it the flu still makes the rounds. Terrorism is similar, if
everyone doesn't get with the program then it only works where it has been
implemented.

Geo.

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> I don't agree with your interpretation.
>
> Following WWI, more people died from influenza than died during the war.
> The vaccination prevents (generally, let's not argue the minute details)
> influenza.
>
> Phil's point (as I see it) is that the war on terror and the invasion of
> Iraq are analogous to the vaccination:  the influenza vaccination has
> worked; the war on terror and the invasion have not.
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
> > news:3FEFFC57.B4135664{at}isham-research.com...
> >
> > > This guy makes the very reasonable point - towards the end - that if
the
> > > USA needs to go to the highest level of alert since 9/11, neither the
> Waor
> > > on Terrorism or the invasion of Iraq have changed anything.
> >
> > Kind of like saying if you need a flu shot then modern medicine has made
> no
> > progress..
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>
>

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