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Originally Posted by Eric H  Greetings and peace be with you Keltoi;
9/11 was wrong and I do not condone what happened, but after 9/11 fairness and justice had to be seen to be done. It might make Americans feel better by terrorising two countries, but where is fairness and justice for the innocent Afghan and Iraqis killed, the farmers, factory workers, kids and pensioners.
Bush was elected president of America and he represents America, the law, justice and fairness of a democratically elected government. In theory you should not see many similarities in the way a terrorist and an elected government seek justice.
Osama is not the elected government, he does not represent Afghanistan, he is said to be a gangster and kills innocent people. If Osama and his terrorists were hiding out in Oklahoma, would Bush have ordered Oklahoma to be bombed in the hope of wiping out Osama and his organisation?
And then there is Iraq, and that has never made any sense to me
Two wrongs leave room for a third wrong, hence we have a new generation of potential terrorists.
In the spirit of praying for justice, fairness and peace on Earth
Eric |
If the state government of Oklahoma knowingly and actively supported a terrorist organization which killed nearly 3,000 Americans, that government becomes an enemy of the United States.
The question then is, what is to be done about it? From a military standpoint, the next phase is fairly clear. Destroy that government. Can you destroy the government infrastructure of a nation without inflicting civilian casualties? It is very difficult. Especially with the amount of munitions the Air Force can drop in a five minute period.
Then you have to factor in the Northern Alliance, who had quite a blood feud going on with the Taliban. Can you stop them from taking revenge on civilians? Probably not.
It was a nasty situation, and the U.S. must accept responsibility for those civilians who were killed in the crossfire. In reality though, there was no other way for this scenario to play out. Americans wanted justice, meaning blood of course. If Bush hadn't attacked Afghanistan they would have set the White House on fire and put Rush Limbaugh in office.
Iraq is an entirely different situation, one that I didn't support either. However, now that we are there we might as well try to make some good come out of it.
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