The Logic Off Topic list

>Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> wrote:
>>... and what do you say to the tens of thousands of innocent
>>Afghanistan citizens, most of them dead-poor,

I say to them, respect international conventions and extradite the accused 
mass murderer for proper trial. Much like the Libyans who bombed the PanAm 
flight over Lockerbe, Scottland - they got a fair trial - albeit after 10 
years of pressuring the Libyan government - and one of the two got off free 
as a bird. In this case, by sitting around waiting for the Taliban to stop 
prosecuting its own citizens with the death penalty for becoming Christian 
and persecuting their own women, we allow further attacks of this type to be 
organized and take place - maybe even in Europe.

And regarding innocence and lack of evidence, it appears the US government 
has a great deal of evidence that they are not disclosing. Before shedding a 
tear for these people about to die, you might wait for them to actually be 
attacked - since nothing has actually happened yet!  I don't think the US 
will indiscriminantly kill civilians because of very tenuous coalition with 
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and and our sense of morality. During the 
Yugoslavia war, a top secret stealth fighter was shot down. 

During the Gulf war the standing plan was to have another American plane bomb 
the wreckage so our enemies would not have access to our technology for 
testing and reverse engineering. However, in this case, a bunch of Yugoslave 
yahoos were dancing on the wreckage so the US did not bomb them. 

So please think twice before you dispense your anti-American comments.