From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Robert Comer wrote:
>> 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.
>

Nah. You might lose 10 people using conventional means. You would probably
lose 2 or 3. This way you only lose 1.


>> 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.
>

Oh I suspect those are coming.

>> 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.
>

indeed coz tens of thousands if not more are dead & God alone knows how
many are maimed in Iraq.

Hey the joys of political violence.

>> Or are neither crimes but both stupid & unjustified?
>
> They are that too, stupid and unjustified. (as are most crimes!)
>

Oddly however the US wasn't being turned out of it's home, having it's land
taken etc.

Adam

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