"A third world country that feels
      the need to fight a super power..."

It seems to me that not all too long ago
(historically) that America was a 3rd world
power (by today's standards).

Why is it, in a relatively short time historically
speaking, that America has managed to crawl out of
that category, yet the mored "aged", so-called "civil-
izations" remain, in some cases, as they are, *locked*
in the same century or age or developmental stage as
they have seemingly always been in?

Freedom, I think, is the answer.

It's freedom, as opposed to the enslavement both of
men's bodies and minds that seems to be the differ-
entiating factor. It's freedom as found in America,
freedom that allows private property ownership, freedom
that allows redress of grievances of her citizens to
her government, freedom based on a written body of
laws written by elected representatives as opposed
to a dicatatorial military authority which came to
power by force.

It's Freedom as found in no other environ on the face
of this earth that has worked to *allow* her to prosper
by the hardwork and sweat of those millions from all
over the globe that came to her shores **also seeking
freedom** and a better way of life ...

Respectfully, IMO (of course)

Jim




----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Taylor" <ntaylor@JPS.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Tragedy


> Herbert Graf wrote:
> >
> > True, the Pentagon IS a "valid" target, IN WARTIME!! It is NOT a valid
> > target when you are suing a plane full of innocent cilivlians. I think
> > that is the point.
>
> A third world country that feels the need to fight a super power there
> is no other course of action that to employ guerrilla tactics which
> include terrorism.  As I said in a previous post, this is a new type
> of war (for us).  Just as in Viet Nam we used the snipers and ambush
> attacks which we had deplored in WW2, we must adapt ... and adopt new
> tactics which fit the situation.  The WW1 air war a "gentleman's war",
> but we now live in a different world and our old rules of conduct no
> longer apply ... either to our enemies or to us.
>
>   -Nick T.
>
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