>brettk at unicacorp.com wrote:
>
>>Well, I disagree. War against al-Qaeda is as absurd to me as war against
>>the mafia. Al-Qaeda is not a nation, but an organization, and as such it
>>should be the target of an international law enforcement effort.
>
>According to official tales, which may or may not be true, al Qaeda
>has thousands of members, and became indistinguishable from the
>Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, with an army of many thousands more.
>That's a bit bigger that La Cosa Nostra. People use the crime
>metaphor a bit recklessly.
Hawks have been trying to make Americans believe that Al Qaeda & the Taliban waged war on America, but if the 911 attacks had been acts of war, the Pentagon would have had to count as a legitimate military target, at least a far more legitimate target than what the U.S. bombers have been hitting -- a UN mine clearance center, a Red Cross warehouse, a hospital, & the like.
>>Max, I'm curious. Do you think the Afghan civilians who died because of
>>our bombardment deservere any sort of consideration? Should the US
>>compensate their relatives? Do we owe them anything?
>
>A massive reconstruction and development program. Anything less
>would be criminal neglect.
A pie in the sky! -- Yoshie
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