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bralph@home.com (Ralph) wrote:

>"John Roberts" <jroberts@nosp.ionet.net> wrote:

>>As I see it, the real problem with all of this is that the U.S. can't "win"
>>in a war against terrorism - in fact, we can't even compete.  Our national
>>policy won't let us fight "dirty" enough (at the risk of negative world
>>opinion) to make it possible.

>What we need to do is set up a "special tactics" force that really
>works. That is, we identify the terrorists, then we take then out. No
>if's ands or buts. We don't need to bomb cities. Just send in a good
>assassination team and be done with it. Airplanes and cruise missles
>have "USA" written all over them, but a damned good assassination
>squad is as anonomous as these damned terrorists.

An assassination team...funded by the Government? Sorry, there are
laws against that for a reason. Ever hear of National Sovereignty? We
don't have any right to go into another county and assassinate people 
without officially declaring war against them. You want us to become
our enemies. How, then, do we tell the two apart?

>History lessons: British Red Coats fighting in American's back yard.

Excuse me, but America was a British colony. The Red Coats were in
their own territory as far as they were concerned. It was a war of
revolution not terrorism. Guerilla warfare is not tantamount to
terrorism.

>American Soldiers fighting in the jungles of vietnam. etc. You cannot
>win a gorilla war with a large army and manouvers.

I don't want to fight the gorillas. I like gorillas.

> You have to fight
>"fire with fire", especially when the counties that protect the
>terrorists can deny any direct involvement while aiding and abieting
>their autrocities.

If we believe that a country is abetting terrorists, then we can
either make certain challenges to that country, work it out
diplomatically, or declare war. We have no right to enter their
territory and kill their citizens. Otherwise, they have that same
right with regards to us.

>I don't like the idea of killing people, but I like the idea of being
>killed even less. I don't want to be afraid for my children. To that
>end, I am pursuaded that action needs to be taken. 

Why don't you go take action then? You'd be acting in the same manner
as a terrorist. If you want the government involved, then it better be
official, and it better be military.