Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:18:00 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <20010925101800.B40431@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3BAFD049.D47F0F66@duth.gr>
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Konstantinos Konstantinidis wrote: > Bah... I tried *really* hard to stay out of this discussion, but I just > can't. Rahul, this is not a direct response to your mail mind you, your > mail was just a starting point for me. I believe that you may find that > we agree on several points. In fact, I basically agree with everything you say. Let me clarify what I meant by "America has every right to retaliate". I meant, if America can pinpoint who did this, with proof (not necessarily mathematical certainty, just "proof beyond reasonable doubt" as they say in legal circles), they have every right to take action against them. Unfortunately, proof is what they are unwilling to supply. The Taliban demanded proof, which was very reasonable, but even the American list of suspected hijackers is quite shaky now (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1559000/1559151.stm) Let me add (I said it before, I think, but I'll say it again) I'm not defending the Taliban. Even if they or Bin Laden did not do this, they would have been willing to. In fact bin Laden expressed satisfaction in his initial statement, while denying responsibility. There is no doubt that they have been training terrorists for a long time, and people in India would be as happy as the Americans to see them squashed. And they have done horrible things to their own people. It was comical that, in the face of the human tragedy they have presided over in Afghanistan, the world was so agitated about their destruction of the statues: shows where our priorities are. However, at some point America has to (a) accept its responsibility for the whole mess and (b) take action to prevent it happening again. I think completing the destruction of the Pentagon and closing down the CIA would be a good start. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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