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Yahoshua · 07-21-06, 06:23 PM

Some wars are just, and some are unjust......but by no means is war something truly desired except by the power-hungry, the insane, or those naieve (sp?).

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better persons than himself." - John Stuart Mills

At what point would the United states begin waging war against Al-Qaeda were they making constant attacks from across the Mexican border? 10 lives? 40? Or maybe a thousand, or two thousand? What if we did nothing? What if Israel did nothing? But if I recall, that's exactly what the Jews did the first time they were targeted by madmen ben on their extermination. The Jews didn't fight back. And so they died.

When considering the population comparison of Israel and the United States in the terms of how many people are being killed by terrorist attacks and the impact that it is making, the cost of doing nothing......is simply staggering.

http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_basics.php

http://philip.greenspun.com/politics/israel/

http://www.israel.org/MFA/Terrorism-...Violence+a.htm

http://avpv.tripod.com/AmericanVictims.html

http://www.terrorism-victims.org/ter...html#terrorism

http://www.terrorism-victims.org/ter...n-america.html

https://daveblog.wordpress.com/2006/...tionate-force/

I couldn't find the site that had the statistics of population loss in comparison with the U.S. and Israel, but I'll get it up sooner or later.

07-21-06, 06:23 PM	#10
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some wars are just, and some are unjust......but by no means is war something truly desired except by the power-hungry, the insane, or those naieve (sp?). "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better persons than himself." - John Stuart Mills At what point would the United states begin waging war against Al-Qaeda were they making constant attacks from across the Mexican border? 10 lives? 40? Or maybe a thousand, or two thousand? What if we did nothing? What if Israel did nothing? But if I recall, that's exactly what the Jews did the first time they were targeted by madmen ben on their extermination. The Jews didn't fight back. And so they died. When considering the population comparison of Israel and the United States in the terms of how many people are being killed by terrorist attacks and the impact that it is making, the cost of doing nothing......is simply staggering. http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_basics.php http://philip.greenspun.com/politics/israel/ http://www.israel.org/MFA/Terrorism-...Violence+a.htm http://avpv.tripod.com/AmericanVictims.html http://www.terrorism-victims.org/ter...html#terrorism http://www.terrorism-victims.org/ter...n-america.html https://daveblog.wordpress.com/2006/...tionate-force/ I couldn't find the site that had the statistics of population loss in comparison with the U.S. and Israel, but I'll get it up sooner or later. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua Last edited by Yahoshua; 07-21-06 at 06:35 PM.