[Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre

Tue May 30 12:40:07 PDT 2006

Gee, Sunil, I must have totally misinturpeted this statement then.  So why
don't you explain what you meant by it and how it is not rationalizing why
it was alright for innocent civilians to be murdered by terrorists.  Perhaps
Spain and the UK were easier to access for the terrorists at the time
because their own security was not as heightened as that of the US.  Or,
perhaps the terrorists wanted to see if those countries were full of
faint-hearted liberals who would turn tail and give in to their demands if
things got tough.  It did work in Spain and nearly in the UK.

As for fighting terrorism abroad, as opposed to at home, I sincerely hope
and pray you will never have an opportunity to experience the need for it.
However, if you do, you will find they are no more sympathetic toward
liberals than those of us who are willing to fight them on their own turf.

You are a sensible person and I respect your right to think as you please on
this issue.  I just believe something different and only time will tell
which of us is correct.  In the meantime... peace.

Dick S.

"Gee, and both had troops in Iraq at the time." (Sunil)
>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre

> No, I was pointing out what I view as a fallacy in Doug's argument.  He
> wrote
>
> 'Really Mr Gier. When was the last time we had any bombs go off in a major
> city? I count 4 1/2 years and counting.'
>
> If this is a justification for the war in Iraq, if invading that country
> that had nothing to do with 9/11 is supposed to explain the lack of
> explosions here, then why didn't it work for the UK or Spain, who also had
> troops in Iraq at that time?
>
> I don't minimize killing civilians here, there, or in Iraq.
>
> So you don't go jumping to any other unqualified conclusions, I don't
think
> invading Iraq makes us safer, and I despise the 'Better fighting them
there
> than here' argument, which I think is a big steaming pile of crap.  I
think
> that absolutely minimizes the lives of the people 'there,' who had nothing
> to do with 9/11.
>
> Sunil
>
> >From: "rvrcowboy" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>
> >To: "Vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>,        "Sunil Ramalingam"
> ><sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre
> >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 08:50:18 -0700
> >
> >  "Gee, and both had troops in Iraq at the time." (Sunil)
> >
> >Sunil,
> >
> >By this inane statement, are you justifying the killing of innocent
> >civilians in those nations, or just marginalizing the terrorist act?  How
> >many troops did the US have in Iraq in 9/11/01?
> >
> >Dick
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> >To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:18 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre
> >
> >
> > > Gee, and both had troops in Iraq at the time.
> > >
> > > Sunil
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: heirdoug at netscape.net
> > > >To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre
> > > >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:11:49 -0400
> > > >
> > > >Donald,
> > > >
> > > >That is a good observation but I was thinking about Spain and England
> > > >having bombs go off in their homelands.
> > > >
> > > >Doug!
> > > >
> > > >ps the jets were used as a bomb.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> > > >To: heirdoug at netscape.net; vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > >Sent: Tue, 30 May 2006 04:31:39 -0700 (PDT)
> > > >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq's My Lai Massacre
> > > >
> > > >Doug,
> > > >
> > > >When did we ever have a bomb go off in a major US city? Maybe an
> >Oklahoma
> > > >Federal building, much more than 4 1/2 years.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Bet Regards,
> > > >
> > > >_DJA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >heirdoug at netscape.net wrote:Their tragic sacrifice has made us less
> >free
> > > >and less secure.
> > > >
> > > >Really Mr Gier. When was the last time we had any bombs go off in a
> > > >major city? I count 4 1/2 years and counting.
> > > >
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