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10-10-2002, 12:21 PM | #31 | |
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Yes, infrastructure is targeted during war. Kind of hard to make a war without killing your enemies and destroying their stuff... that's pretty much what war is all about. |
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10-10-2002, 12:39 PM | #32 | ||
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Its existence was being disputed, thus the whole discussion. The numbers in the UNICEF study were exaggerated, mostly because they took children death from the Iran-Iraq biochem war into account, and because Iraq tried to sway world opinion with fake funerals. However, many deaths will now only start occurring, as tumors, disease side-effects etc. from the Gulf War are expected to come into full effect about a decade after the actual war. X. |
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10-10-2002, 02:10 PM | #33 | |
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10-10-2002, 02:23 PM | #34 |
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Xugumad, because our leaders deny that it happens, even though they know that it does, this makes it morally okay.
Therefore, if we target civilians, it's morally justified (we didn't mean it!). But if somone else does it (and for god's sake, especially if they don't actually control land), it's terrorism. |
10-10-2002, 03:11 PM | #35 |
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The targeting of civilians is always wrong, but sadly in war sometimes it's a necessary evil, all the more reason to try and stay away from war.
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10-10-2002, 08:08 PM | #36 | ||
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I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. Major General Smedley Butler, USMC Last edited by Chefranden; 10-10-2002 at 08:17 PM. |
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10-10-2002, 09:26 PM | #38 | |
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10-11-2002, 12:46 AM | #39 |
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Bin Laden had been saying he was going to attack america for a loooong time. Its just that noone took him seriously.
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10-11-2002, 02:26 AM | #40 |
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I never said he never claimed he was going to attack America, he never announced it through any official channels.
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I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. Major General Smedley Butler, USMC |
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10-23-2002, 07:10 AM | #42 |
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FAIR on weapons inspection
Sometimes FAIR isn't but check out this page. pulled out or expelled
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