To: DoughtyOne
I am advocating eliminating guns and explosives from the populace in a war zone.
If you were in a war zone would you give up your gun? And if you were feeling altruistic, do you think your neighbor whose been a warlord all his life will be?
I think the solution is the exact opposite: start giving the law abiding Iraqiis arms and showing them how to use them. Granted some might sell them to terrorists, but how is that different from what we have now?
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04/04/2004 2:40:05 PM PDT by
lelio
To: lelio
Unless you are willing to see the body count rise, you're going to have to eliminate the means to effect that body count.
Individual Iraqis are not the targets. The police, occupational forces and political leaders are.
I might be willing to modify my stand to allow pistols for personal and family protection, but the large guns and explosives must be neutralized.
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