"To: HAL9000
For almost all of the last 3,000 years or more most people of Arabic descent have been under the subjugation of some other nation and race. They are very angry and very bitter. But like every subjugated people in history, they are plagued with members of their own group who will sell them out for a small sum of money or a small amount of power. Subjugated peoples often establish cultural rules that offer heavenly rewards for the sacrifice of their life. It is usually only desperate causes that encouage their people to die in order to kill some of their perceived enemy. Causes do not encourage their followers to die for a cause, if the cause could succeed with out it.
But for every person willing to die for the cause there are usually a hundred would would sell out the cause for money or position. It is hard to keep members of a cause, if the cause nearly always loses. That is why the history of arab defeats is so important.
These are not exclusive Arab characteristics. It is the way many races have reacted over the years to centuries of defeat.
The usual attemp to stop it is bluster and threats. But that almost never works.
In a land where per capita income is less than 900 dollars a year, the price of anyone's death is cheap by our standards.
The prime reason Bush did not have congress delcare war, was that if we did, we would be bound by the rules of war as defined in the Geneva Convention on warfare. Killing the leader of the nation you are at war with is prohibited. Attacks to take out an individual person are a war crime under the Geneva Convention. Paying one Arab to kill another is not allowed. It is a War Crime if war is Declared. Paying a third Arab to then kill the second is really frowned on. It is a war crime punishable by death. There is no way we would want to declare war. But Osama bin Laden was certainly hoping we woud. His supporters on this site have been posting demads for a declaration of war. As someone said, "Dubya wasn't born no yesterday."
I watched some of the Rumsfeld news conference today. He said the best defense against terrorists is a good offense. He said we would use all the weapons in our arsenal to achieve our goal. I ask you to make a list of ALL WEAPONS in our arsenal. That just might give you a clue.
The Muslim extremeists were certain that we would fight them using the rules of the Geneva Convention on warfare. It ain't gonna happen.
Bush as an experiened Texan is undoubtedly in favor of using the Mexican Knife Fight rules instead. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the published rules for a Mexican knife fight, there is just one rule It is "There ain't no rules."
We will not move quickly. Bush must wait until many in the media are screaming for him to attack. If he can get that going, then when he does attack the cries of too much force and collateral damage will fall on deaf ears.
Bush ist taking on the Islamic American haters, and the Us Media. Both are going to lose.
25 Posted on 09/18/2001 12:18:36 PDT by Common Tator
LOL!
The Taliban declared holy war on us today.
Do you think they are going to abide by the Geneva Convention?.
God save us from ourselves.