What is the moral course

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>At 05:59 PM 9/13/01 -0400, Doug wrote:
>should observe those conventions.
>>
>>What conceivable military response could the U.S./NATO take that
>>would stop a recurrence of this sort of thing? It doesn't take that
>>many dedicated, desperate, and disciplined people to wreak major
>>havoc. Any likely military action is likely to produce fresh
>>volunteers for the cause, not long-term peace.
>
>
>Certainly not the one trying to kill a fly with a big hammer.  But targeted
>assasination of terrorist leaders, strategists, and major supporters, such
>as it is done by the Israelis, will reduce the supply of skilled terrorists
>and keep the rest of them constantly on the run instead of planning and
>organizing new actions.  This would certainly reduce their ability and
>resources to wreak a "major havoc."  And that type of military action
>requires only effective intelligence/information system and skilled
>commnado squads.
>
>wojtek

If the U.S. government had possessed an "effective 
intelligence/information system," however, it could have prevented at 
least the attack on the Pentagon.  Evidently it didn't.

Yoshie