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[gerbie]

Nice article I read somewhere else on LJ. There are thinking Americans after all.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/639017.asp?0na=2101110R&cp1=1


Though I guess I already knew after plenty of reactions on two of my posts here. It does give you a ray of hope for the future after seeing what happened yesterday. I love these discussions with well thinking people from everywhere, even though I don't agree with half of them most of the time. I'm glad my LJ list has at least 7 nationalities, even more cultural backgrounds.

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[frannywentzel.livejournal.com]

Let's say Mr Bush had taken the 'moral' road and did nothing about Bin Laden and in response Bin Laden goes and releases a 1918 Spanish Influenza style virus upon the world - and do you really think he wouldn't? Would the 20 or 30 million dead really be glad to die because of the 'right moral choice'?

Bin Laden has spent the better part of the last decade in various attacks on the human race. He and his Tali-KKKlan supporters must be neutralised by any means necessary.

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

The moral road does not automatically imply that he doesn't do anything. At the moment he's doing exactly the same thing. Killing for the sake of showing you can kill. Innocents die, be it 5000 in NY, be it a couple of hundred in DC, be it several (and more to come) in Afghanistan. The country has suffered under the Taliban, it doesn't need more suffering.

[frannywentzel.livejournal.com]

Well at least the US is at least trying not to harm civilians in it's bombing raids, even to the point that planes are coming back with their armament. For the most part the US is targeting Taliban military assets. Bombs do go astray and civilians are dying but that really can't be helped so long as Osama and his Taliban protectors remain a viable threat to world peace. Now Bin Laden is (presumably) sending anthrax through the post with no concern for who gets infected (a six month old infant for example). So who's really the 'bad guy' in this one?

Ironically even though the US is air-dropping food to the Afgani people, they still get criticised. Seems Afganistan is a big time minefield and people are as likely to get blown up as get fed. You're damned whatever you do...

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[gerbie.livejournal.com]

True, they are not trying. But does it matter if your parents get killed if the intention was there or not. The effect is the same.

the FBI and CIA are looking within the USA as well for whoever is responsible for the Anthrax attack. Horrible story as well, but there is no evidence at all against Bin Laden.

Offcourse the US gets criticised for their food parcels. It is a deliberate attempt to influence public opinion, not to really help at all. It is extremely cynical, and I hadn't expected a well thinking person as yourself to fall for that move. Hunger makes people do weird things, even risking their life by walking into a minefield. You could consider these parcels little bombs as well. Not evening mentioning the content of the parcel and it's explanation in english..