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One way to look at it is that our response needs to be more sophisticated than 'simple revenge' to have a hope of making any difference at all. Let's just hope the "known to quickly expire" attention of the American public can hang with it. "Rowland, Alan D" wrote: > > You're assuming the original act was revenge. Which part of "this is an act > of War" don't you understand? The death toll of this act is projected at > twice the number killed in Pearl Harbor. > > This is a war of survival. I, for one, am not going to go quietly. > > -Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Greenwell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:11 PM > To: Los, Ralph > Cc: 'Dmitri Krioukov'; 'Arman Khalili'; '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Yes it's off topic but who cares right now. > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Los, Ralph wrote: > > > > > True, there is no taking back what happened, but if GW issued an act > > of war, and did some re-arranging of the middle-east and the like, and > > places like Afganistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian militant states > > DISAPPEARED forever - no one, especially this blue-blooded American would > > shed a tear...and I as one...would see all the psycho-terrorists to hell. > > Revenge begets revenge.
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