The A-Bomb was also being developed by the Nazi's. If they had developed it first we would all be screwed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Michaels" To: Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: Re: Tragedy > Nick Taylor wrote: > ...... After we locate the > >hiding place(s) of the terrorists we carpet bomb their entire > >country as a deterrent to further attacks. > > > >I've heard all the arguments against killing innocent civilians, > >and agree that most of the civilians ARE innocent. But we must send > >a message that the price for attacking the United States has a price > >too high to even consider taking action. > > > > > Try this scenario - a small band of 100 terrorists from > a dozen different countries get together and plan the attack. > Afterwards, they disband [into groups of 8-10] and go back to > their homes for 6 months. Question is, where you gonna send > the cruise missiles, troops, bombers? > ========== > > > >I was in middle school when we dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and > >Nagasaki ... 240,000 innocent civilians were killed by those two > >weapons and countless others suffered horribly. But it stopped the > >war and ended the senseless killing, and in my mind was fully justified. > >If you view it as retribution for Pearl Harbor, we traded the lives > >of 2,400 of our soldiers and sailors for 240,000 Japanese civilians. > ......... > > > If you check your history, you will see that american bombing had > already killed "millions" via carpet phosphorus bombing. Most major > cities had already been destroyed. There are alternate interpretations > for why the A-bombs were dropped. If you study history in perspective, > you will see that that act was the most significant single event[s] in > human history, and people like Ben Laden realize it. > ============= > > ...... > >If we do not give notice that the price of attacks on the US is > >extremely high, then the next attack my very well be with "weapons > >of mass destruction" ... small nuclear weapons, highly contagious > >disease spread through a city's water supply or via an aerosol > >disbursement over one or more cities. Our response must not only > >be retribution, but MUST also be a deterrent! If we do not make > >the price extremely high, then we are likely doomed to live in > >constant fear in our daily lives ... much like present day Israel. > > > > > There are many analysts who believe the use of WOMD on america > is inevitable - if we continue on our present course. Think about > the following phrase - "spiral of killing, spiral of retribution". > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu