What is the moral course

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>At 08:18 PM 9/13/01 -0400, Yoshie wrote:
>>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.
>
>They should have learned one from the Israelis.  There is still time.
>
>wojtek

Apparently Yitzhak Rabin -- as well as those who died in a pizzeria 
bombing, etc. -- failed to benefit from the vaunted Israeli expertise.

At 3:20 PM -0400 9/14/01, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>At 06:07 PM 9/14/01 +0000, Carl wrote:
>>>That isn't to say that you're not right, Wojtek. I think that the Israeli
>>>policy of assasinating leaders, strategists, and major supporters can
>>>certainly decrease the capacity of terrorists to operate.
>>>
>>>Marco
>>
>>Ah, yes. The highly secure state of Israeli society makes them a great role
>  >model for our national security policies.  Sound thinking.
>
>Exactly!  That is called learning from the experience of others and making
>sound judgments that fit the situation. Better red than dead - was the old
>slogan.  On the same note, better an efficient national security state than
>what we witnessed a few days ago.
>
>wojtek

An "efficient national security state" sounds like an oxymoron.

Yoshie