Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:42:44 -0400 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010926023654.022caaa8@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <20010925205128.A70023@lpt.ens.fr> References: <3BB0CA62.B1F189A9@mindspring.com> <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHAGEDNCEAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org> <3BAC3644.1CB0C626@mindspring.com> <xzp66abb7pz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3BAD1FAE.2F3D40F5@mindspring.com> <20010923011557.B60374@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <015e01c143c8$c93505a0$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> <015d01c14519$80553010$3309f540@bigsky> <3BB0CA62.B1F189A9@mindspring.com>
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At 02:51 PM 9/25/2001, you wrote: >The rest of the world cares because America's "solution" to the >problem will, likely as not, be to arm some other armed group against >the Taliban (the northern alliance being the most likely candidate), >flood the place with more sophisticated arms and ammunition, and >eventually aim to install some puppet regime there. The catch being >that a puppet regime will last only so long, and meanwhile a >disenchanted population will be growing, another Bin Laden among them, >the difference being that this one is much better armed. Or -- the US >will simply kill so many civilians and trample over so many Islamic >feelings that bin Ladens will arise spontaneously from all over. Even if such a dilemma does exist, I don't see that taking *no* action is an option. If destroying two of the most prominent facilities in America and staggering the global economy into recession wasn't a big enough rush for the surviving conspirators, I can't imagine the rush they'd get if there was no repercussion for it. Sure, it may be a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario for the United States. But if anyone has a better solution to the problem, I'd love to hear it. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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