Raising the need for a ground war is not really all that different from a the political demand made during the Second World War in Europe ("Second Front NOW!"). No general's plan, but an achnowledgement that the USSR was being diced up and the Western Allaince needed to give some tangible aid.
What tangible aid can we suggest for the Afghan people?
Greg Schofield Perth Australia
PS Hakki, you may well disagree but why is the opinion "shit"? Could you tell me perhaps why America, but apparently no-one else, should be especially exempt from that nation's actions - this I find very hard to swallow on moral grounds.
As for my forseeing many dead Americans as a result of a ground war and this would have a political effect - this is no more than a statement of the obvious - I am not or have ever argued that the purpose of a ground war was to provide such a political effect - yet you have several tiomes stated it as my view. I understand that touching on such matters naturally leads to reading more into a statement then was actually said, but on this one please recognise that not only was it not my intention but the logic of the position does not support such a reading.
--- Message Received --- From: "Hakki Alacakaptan" <nucleus at superonline.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:43:43 +0200 Subject: RE: Air Support to Ground Troops Re: Arguments for ground war
As Carrol Cox said, there is no point in playing back seat generals here. Killing already starving Afghans from the air or from the ground for allegedly harboring the 9-11 perps while the Saudis and the Pakis continue to aid and abet said perps with impunity is a grotesque crime against humanity. Some people here would like to see U.S. corpses added to the body count as an object lesson for the establishment, the flag-waving crowds, or whatever. I urge these folks to reconsider what they are asking for: The pointless deaths of working-class grunts as a demonstration that their deaths were pointless.
There's only one thing you can say that makes sense: Stop this shit now!
Hakki Alacakaptan
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|| It is absurd to imagine that the U.S. government will ever use its
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