From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Jul 07 2002 - 13:03:30 MDT
Damien Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 01:32:34PM -0400, Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> > For example, openess didn't seem to help last thursday. This is especially
>
> Being a hard-ass isn't obviously helping Israel.
Depends on what you think helps Israel. If the arab world believes
things about Israel and the US which are totally divorced from the
facts, then there is no reasoning with them, and no chance of reaching a
middle ground until they are smacked back to conciousness.
>
> > "Niceness" may prove too nice to defend ourselves against determined enemies:
>
> If niceness is a fundamental problem, where are the suicide terrorists
> targetting Canada?
Canada lives in the shadow of the US, and as such seem far more tame by
comparison. They also are appreciated by muslim radicals for providing
such a convenient layover point on their attacks on the US, they dont
want to ruin that.
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