I'm sorry, and perhaps I should not post when angry, but I have seen enough of this academic crap. Obviously, we need to take as much care as possible in avoiding targeting of civilians. But I agree with Hayden; in a war, unfortunately some unintended civilian life is going to be lost. And this _is_ a war against Western civilization; Osama bin Laden has said that himself. Adolf Hitler was a criminal, and he committed war. Do you honestly think trying and convicting Adolf Hitler in a court of law in absentia would have caused the Nazis to surrender him? Yeah, just like the Kellogg-Briand Pact effectively outlawed war. But what I am particularly peeved at is that a lot of people don't seem to get the potential threat that these terrorists and the governments who sponsor them pose. Why should or will they stop at hijacking airplanes? I'm sure most everyone has heard about the grounding of crop dusters linked to the possibility that the terrorists were planning a chemical/biological weapon attack. Perhaps a large scale, widespread attack may not be feasible now, but all they have to do is perfect some technology, and it may unfortunately work. To say nothing about the development of nuclear weapons -- since these terrorists believe they were ascending to heaven by committing the attacks, I don't think they will hesitate to destroy the planet should they gain nuclear ballistic capabilities. We have to snuff these perpitrators and the regimes that sponsor them now, before it is too late. Don't intentionally hit civilians, but overthrow the Taliban and perhaps Saddam Hussein as well. If some civilians unintentionally get hit, though, I will trade a few for six billion. The Israelis have made some mistakes in their vigorous fight against terrorism and belligerent surrounding regimes. But if they were not willing to fight, you know where they would be right now? Extinct, because several nations and their leaders do not want Israel and Judaism to exist in that area, if at all. At the very least, we need to secure our airplanes like El Al does, and we probably need counter-terrorism measures similar to Israel's. -Adam Fine
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