Arguments for ground war - forget it

[JoeG]

Those who argue that Sept. 11th was immoral but that the US gov't is
justified in attacking Afghanistan are either hypocrites or racists who
value Americans over other people.  If a country deserves to be bombed for
harboring or sponsoring terrorism then Sept. 11th is justified because the
United States sponsors huge numbers of terrorists.  Examples are numerous:
the SOA, Contras, etc.  If America didn't want to be attacked then they
should have thought about that before they trained Osama & co.  I disagree
with this logic because I don't think killing innocent people is an
acceptable response to the misdeeds of thier government.  I also oppose the
war in Afghanistan for this same reason.  I don't care what Osama & the
Taliban have done, killing innocent Afghans (which this war is doing) is
wrong.  If one thinks this "collateral damage" is acceptable, then the same
can be said of the innocents killed in the Sept. 11th attacks.  To claim
that it is acceptable to kill innocent Afghans as retaliation for
Afghan-sponsored terrorism yet not acceptable to kill innocent Americans as
retaliation for American-sponsored terrorism is sheer hypocrisy - unless one
thinks the lives of Americans are more valuable then the lives of Afghans.

The 9-11 attacks were not a first strike.  They were a retaliation.
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