From: "Robert Comer" 

> Not if that's all you have.

Come on Adam, they have the bombs (obviously), and they can be used in a
much smarter way -- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day
and all that.  They have guns too.  It's more than stupid to me to blow up
your own fighters intentionally along with others.

>Personally I have no idea why they've not pulled
> people out for serious sniper training as esp temporary checkpoints &
> snipers don't go well together plus in many ways (esp for those in the
> west bank, snipers are much scarier than suicide bombers.

Yep, and ied's too, just like Iraq.

> Given violence is violence, politics is politics etc as you are appear
> to be slowly coming round to is Iraq more of a crime than 9-11 given the
> levels/numbers of dead?

That's a hard one to answer, but I'd probably say both were about the same
-- scale doesn't really matter.  A crime is a crime.  Now if you asked me
the difference in how tragic it was, then Iraq, by far, is the worst.

> Or are neither crimes but both stupid & unjustified?

They are that too, stupid and unjustified. (as are most crimes!)

--
Bob Comer


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:446abe45$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Robert Comer wrote:
>>> Not necessarily true. Flame weapons are a good example. However nope wrt
>>> tanks using flechettes against civies that's no different to say a
>>> suicide
>>> bomber so why are poeple worked up over suicide bombers??
>>
>> We're not, we're worked up over targeting civilians.  My own personal
>> feelings on suicide bombers are irrelevant to the violence part. (just
>> that
>> suicide bombing is stupid as a fighting method)
>>
>
> Not if that's all you have. Again wrt suicide bombers it's a matter of
> getting in close. Personally I have no idea why they've not pulled
> people out for serious sniper training as esp temporary checkpoints &
> snipers don't go well together plus in many ways (esp for those in the
> west bank, snipers are much scarier than suicide bombers.
>
>>> & the innocent iraqis in their thousands.
>>
>> You know my take on Iraq isn't hardly any different than yours, it was
>> stupid and unjustified.
>>
>
> Given violence is violence, politics is politics etc as you are appear
> to be slowly coming round to is Iraq more of a crime than 9-11 given the
> levels/numbers of dead?
>
> Or are neither crimes but both stupid & unjustified?
>
> Adam

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