just wars

garychason garychason@bigcity.net
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:07:07 -0600


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It seems to me that the test of a "just" war is simple:   Have you been =
attacked in your own territory?  Are you likely to be attacked again?  =
Are your people - your extended family - in danger?  If we are unwilling =
or unable to defend ourselves then we are too weak to survive as a =
culture, much less as a world leader.

As for "America's New War":  it seems to me we are fighting the wrong =
country altogether.  If we are at war with any actual state it seems =
like that state should be Saudi Arabia. =20

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