On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, joanna bujes wrote:
> At 05:03 PM 11/05/2002 -0500, Woj wrote:
> >Use of power is unavoidable on both international and domestic level -
> >anyothe who thinks otherwise is dreaming. The point is to use power
> >judiciously (that does not necessarily mean judicially) - an
> >assassination of people who are about to launch a terrorist attack is a
> >judicious use of power, while assassiantion of political opponents is
> >not. Assassination of terrorists that causes civilian casualties is in
> >between. In the same vein, shooting a guy who is about to rape you is a
> >juducious use of lethal weapon even if it amount to an extra-judicial
> >execution, while shooting a kid throwing up a grafitti on a wall is not.
>
> So, Hussein knows that the US is about to attack his country. According to
> you, then, he has the right to launch a terrorist attack against the US????
>
> Joanna
>
Joanna,
You actually assume the U. S. should play by the same rules as other nations? Like Condi says, "we're special"--[kinda like a new form of quite virulent sexually transmitted disease.]
Miles