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   From: ajc@wxs.nl   
      
   On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:28:58 GMT, Miguel Cruz  wrote:   
      
   >Matt  wrote:   
   >> The US is at war against those that are trying to kill us.  Simple as   
   >> that.   
   >   
   >Do you see the problems this reasoning creates?   
   >   
   >- The US is at war against those who are trying to kill us.   
   >   
   >- We don't know who precisely is trying to kill us.   
   >   
   >- Therefore we treat various people as if we were at war with them until we   
   >learn otherwise.   
   >   
   >It's a self-issued license for abuse.   
   >   
   >Sure, things are different than in the past. But we still have to carefully   
   >think out how we are going to conduct ourselves. Crucially, we need to   
   >behave in a way that we would find acceptable when someone else treated our   
   >nationals the same way. This is the basis for all these treaties that are   
   >being ignored now, and if we don't take that into account, we are opening a   
   >huge can of worms that everyone's going to seriously regret down the road.   
   >   
   >miguel   
      
   You mean sort of, do unto others as you'd have them do unto you,   
   Miguel? Can't see that idea catching on :-)   
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