Colin, Well yes, maybe. If you're saying it's a shame for everyone, and there are no winners, then yeah, I agree.
If on the other hand, you're implying that Devil America has killed more souls than it had a right to; if you're saying that somehow Devil America should have stopped when it hit the magic number (when retaliation was achieved), then no, I don't agree. For reasons why retaliation doesn't work, look at the West Bank. I don't know if your count of casualties in Afghanistan includes the dead American servicemen. It should. They are the ONLY heros. Those guys are ridding the world of terrorists who are willing to kill schoolchildren merely because they represent a foreign lifestyle. If Winston Churchill were alive today, he'd be 100% behind the American troops. Our President Kennedy once said, "If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." A very old JMDLer used to close every post with this: "Tolerance, tolerance, tolerance" Lama P.S. Perhaps more to the point, Colin, is this quote. Do you remember the singer? "The place where I come from the people don't grow on trees (except for some of the boys) and you can't treat people like meat without being ** brought down** to your knees now and then, (now bay-beee)." -- The author formerly known as Catman wrote: >>being the 6 month anniversary today, the news is all about Sept 11th. The death toll is down to under 2,800 or so with just under 200 missing. The death toll of men, women and children, in Afghanistan is 3800. Just.>> Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
