Dan was heard muttering to Matt Smith 
 about Terror 
 DA> Since I just put my son on a plane bound for Philmont Scout Ranch this
 Yer kid is lucky.
 DA> moring, I've done a bit of thinking on this subject in the last few
 DA> days.
 DA> The problem we face today with terrorism is similar in one respect to 
 DA> the problems we faced years ago with piracy. Terrorism survives
 DA> because  certain governments fund it in their interests to support
 DA> terrorism. The  Libyan desert is dotted with training camps from a
 The problem of "terrorism" is complex: we have a wide variety of
 individuals and groups that come under that heading, and, as with any
 complex problem, requires complex solutions.  Perhaps "response" would
 be more accurate than "solution:" there isn't ever going to be a
 solution as such.
 We got yer basic enviro-wacko-kozynski, yer basic
 right-wing-false-patriot-commando-of-doom, yer basic mujahadin...to
 the Qaddafis and Husseins.
 DA> I don't think Reagan went far enough. I am in favor of reducing any 
 DA> government that supports terrorism to rubble. Every military base and 
 I'm in 100% agreement with this.  Whenever we've retaliated against the
 sponsors of terrorism those acts have slowed.  And, as you've noted,
 we've _not_ gone far enough.
 State-sponsored terrorism is imo an act of war, and we should react
 just exactly the same to an airline bombing as if a passenger liner
 were torpedoed or a harbor were suddenly infested with zeros.  The
 reality is that it ain't gonna happen.
 Instead we'll get more bullshit such as:
 MS> JP> "People are reassured by the mere fact that measures are being
 MS> JP> taken,"
 The ole "Do something, anything" response.
 Just as if Clinton had announced after the OKC bombing that we need
 more gun control, the plebs will yammer for more restrictions on where
 and how we can travel.  All in the name of security.
 And when those restrictions come to pass the terrorists will have won.
... Beware simple solutions to complex problems
--- FMail 1.02
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