From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:43cfdf4c{at}w3.nls.net...
> Robert G Lewis wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Even where said op happened in a friendly country?
>>>
>>
>>
>> If we keep this up I doubt they will remain friendly .The concept of
>> innocent  would imply ( to me) that this is a criminal matter.
>
> To me it implies they were simply people getting on with their life much
> as the people in the twin towers were innocent or those in madrid or
> london.

Good point. I just object to the Goverment using Guilt or innocence when it
comes to actions like this.

>
>> Since the
>> administration keeps saying we shouldn't be running the war as law
>> enforcement then they have no business implying the guilt of those we
>> kill.
>>
>
> But then how come all the statements wrt the evil of AQ?

Because they feel it plays well politically. Personally I do think AQ is
evil but then I think this isn't a war as such  It's more of a clash of
ideas and unless we want to kill one heck of a lot of people ...........


>
>
>>
>>>I am curious as to wether it's now OK for the Indians to carry out
>>>similar strikes vs kashmiri terrorists/militants.
>>>
>>>Adam
>>
>>
>> Every bit as okay as our actions. I wonder if any Kashmiri live in New
>> Jersey ?
>>
>
> Blimey that would be a hoot.
>
> Hey we leveled a fair chunk of a block taking out that kashmiri
> restaurant which also happened to be full of people at the time....ah
> well no hard feelings right George...coz my voters back home in Dehli
> are fully in favour of the op so...

Hey its part of the WOT and we will attack them wherever they are .......

>
>> At one time causing such destruction on a foreign country would have been
>> considered an act of war.
>>
>>
>
> Yup. & It makes the Mil gov look like a total bunch of incompetants.
> What is the point of a mil gov if it can't even protect the people from
> an outside threat ?
>
> It is very bad news for Musharraf. It's why it was politically insane. I
> reckon it's down to the compartmentalization allied to the need for
> speed i.e. no more "we coulda taken 
but by the
> time it had gone to Washington & back...." events.
>
> Instead it's "You mean bombing a freindly country might have a political
> impact upon us & those we favour to run the place?"
>
> Adam

Somehow I think some people in Washington have forgotten just which
countries had ties to the Taliban before 9/11. I have to figure there still
exists a lot of sympathy within Pakistan for the Taliban. If Pakistan has a
change in Government I doubt the new one will be as cooperative with us.

If you are going to do things like this make sure they can't be traced back
to you ( unless that is one of the goals) and make damn sure you get the
right target.

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