Posted on 02/07/2003 9:42:29 PM PST by GreyscaleImage
At least you win some kind of prize for cramming a maximal number of of non-sequiters, misconceptions and plain ol' falsehoods into one sentence. To wit:
the conscious intent of terrorizing into surrender
Non-sequitar. Just because we possess the means does not imply the moral disposition or conscious intent to use terror as a weapon. Merely citing the inevitability of civilian casualties is pointless, as all modern warfare involves some of this, and thus there would be no distinction between terror and any other form of warfare. Or is this what you mean to do, Greyscale? -- deliberately blur the line between the two, so that you can invoke that 'moral equivalency' thing.
Iraqis who would defend their sovereign nation
Misconception. Liberals love moral equivalency because it allows them to both defend tyrants and condemn democracies: thus, 'Saddam defends Iraq's sovereignty' and 'the US engages in terror'.
the aggression of the lone global superpower
Plain ol' falsehood. Even without a (second) UN resolution (which is looking more and more likely), we will have at minimum the support of Britain, Canada, Australia, 8 mainland European nations, Turkey, Jordan, 4 Gulf states, Pakistan, Japan, et al. Truth is, it is the anti-war side that is getting lonely.
You've been banned, but I offer the above comments for you contemplation in case you are still out there lurking.
ZOT Thread / Code Orange Day Thoughts
The 5 color alert system now in use does not provide adequate specificity to keep the public aware of the exact threat level. A scale from infrared to ultra violet would provide increased granularity in the threat warning levels thereby allowing citizens to know precisely the actual threat level. Furthermore, it would allow us to specify verbally the associated threat level by using the most precise color, as in "today's threat level is mauve." |
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