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Old 09-29-2007, 05:43 PM
Albert Moulton Albert Moulton is offline
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Default Re: newt g. advocates terror

"Sabatage" and "terrorism" are not the same thing.

Newt did not advocate blowing up schools to demoralize the Iranians, for example. Nor did he advocate capturing hundreds of Iranians, holding them hostage, and killing one every day until Iran gives in to US demands.

You seem to imply that any state-sponsored, preemptive use of deadly force is "terrorism."

I reject that premise.

As for whether that is a good idea, I'm not sure. The consequences of destabilizing Iran's infrastructure might be too unpredictable. For example, what if it just makes their people even more determined to build and use nuclear weapons. Or even more determined to militarize as an entire nation to fight a kind of "jihad" against the US.

After all, we were pretty sure Iraq would be a cake walk once the Army was destroyed, right? That hasn't turned out to be so easy.
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