On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:50:28 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


Indeed, and for absolutely no reason. A total wasted life, a new widow,
two fatherless boys, sacrificed for what?


That you don't know is telling in itself.

I suppose it might make you feel a little better if we just ignored
the signs and kept to ourselves in blissful ignorance while the forces
of darkness continued to build against us.

The forces of darkness? Man, they're already operating on these shores.
I am going going to get into partisan politics, so I'll just say this:
there is little different in sought end result between the Islamists of
the Middle East and many of the fundie evangelical Christians here.
They're all cut from the same cloth.

Christians aren't blowing up buildings and killing thousands of
people, when they refuse to take that complimentary Bible when the
door gets slammed in their faces.


I suppose you'd then reluctantly agree that when the military is
called to duty to defend our shores against the waves of terrorist
attacks, that it's justified.

I would posit that "the military" is unable to protect our shores from
terrorist attackers. Right now, any terrorist willing to commit suicide
can blow up just about any building in Washington, DC.

So when is it "justified" to use our military? Or do you believe that
we should just disband it all, since you seem to feel that they're
ineffective.....

Dave