Thats exactly whats not called for. Whats called for is for our enemies to see their brothers and sisters jumping out of windows rather than burning to death. The reponse will be measured but there will be no mercy. Those resposible are dead men and women.
A just and measured response is to inflcit enough pain and suffering on the perpetrators which is adequate to insure they no longer consider tactics of a terrorist nature fruitful, i.e., make their children orphans, their wives widows, their husbands wifeless, their parents childless,their cities deserts, their deserts craters. In short, a truly biblical, or rather, Koranic, justice.
Amen
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Sorry, I have to disagree with you. I think we should move and move fast on Afghan, bin Laden, and anyone who has contributed to or supported terrorism. And I think it should be an overwhelmingly powerful military force. But I fervently hope and pray that not a single innocent person from those countries dies. I understand that our actions will no doubt result in the death of innocents -- that much is unavoidable -- but due care should be taken to try to avoid this as much as possible. And where it occurs, we should also commisserate with the pain borne by the innocent whose only guilt is being born in that country.