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Rules of War [message #32379]

Tue, 30 May 2006 12:34

JFR

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In another thread David wrote:

I would remind you that this is hardly an ordinary war -- terrorists spring from the ranks of peaceful civilians, then vanish again... Quite frankly, I don't think there's any way you can eliminate terrorism altogether, so a "war against terrorism" is hopeless from the outset. (That does not mean we should not be fighting it.) Look at the IRA.

David, I must have misunderstood you because I find in your words what appear to be mutually contradictory thoughts. On the one hand you say that a war against terrorism (as in the Middle Eastern conflicts) is hopeless from the outset and yet you complement that with the thought that we should nevertheless be fighting that war.

If a war is hopeless should we just sit back and let terror destroy our way of life? And if we choose to fight a war - terrible as that certainly is - should we not believe and hope in the possibility of victory?

I think that your reference to the IRA is gratuitous. The IRA had (has?) a purely political motive for its actions: the unification of Ireland (against the wishes of the majority of the citizens of the province of Ulster). Moslem terror is not politically motivated: it is religiously and racially motivated. For them, Western society is the society of the infidels and Moslem terrorists are Saracens reborn.

Clarifications, please - in your usual crystal clear prose Smile

The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)

		Rules of War By: JFR on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:34
		Re: Rules of War By: timmy on Tue, 30 May 2006 13:01
		Re: Rules of War By: JFR on Tue, 30 May 2006 13:09
		Re: Rules of War By: timmy on Tue, 30 May 2006 13:12
		Re: Rules of War By: Deeej on Tue, 30 May 2006 13:17
		Re: Rules of War By: saben on Tue, 30 May 2006 17:23
		What is the 'proper' response? By: pimple on Tue, 30 May 2006 22:25
		Re: What is the 'proper' response? By: JFR on Wed, 31 May 2006 03:29
		Re: What is the 'proper' response? By: pimple on Wed, 31 May 2006 03:49
		Re: What is the 'proper' response? By: JFR on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:42
		Re: What is the 'proper' response? By: pimple on Thu, 01 June 2006 00:30
		Re: What is the 'proper' response? By: JFR on Thu, 01 June 2006 05:25
		Facts of life. By: cossie on Wed, 31 May 2006 04:04
		Re: Facts of life. By: JFR on Wed, 31 May 2006 05:04
		Re: Facts of life. By: electroken on Wed, 31 May 2006 06:02
		Re: Facts of life. By: Handyman on Fri, 02 June 2006 01:57
		Re: Facts of life. By: saben on Wed, 31 May 2006 06:18
		Re: Facts of life. By: JFR on Wed, 31 May 2006 07:11
		Re: Facts of life. By: Handyman on Fri, 02 June 2006 02:08
		Facts of life - Reprise. By: cossie on Thu, 01 June 2006 01:23
		Re: Facts of life - Reprise. By: JFR on Thu, 01 June 2006 06:03
		Epilogue. By: cossie on Fri, 02 June 2006 02:42
		Re: Epilogue. By: saben on Fri, 02 June 2006 06:04

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