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Re: No Rules
- Subject: Re: No Rules
- From: Jeffrey Goldberg <{$news}$@goldmark.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 06:57:49 -0700
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- Reply-To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey+news@goldmark.org>
On Sep 13, 2001 Paul Harper <paul@harper.netNOSPAM> wrote
in <r2q0qtc6qknppe1ki443q011713lnvk1nv@4ax.com>:
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:09:32 -0700, Jeffrey Goldberg
> <{$news}$@goldmark.org> wrote:
>
> >But we cannot rule out any action merely because killing innocents might
> >be a consequence.
>
> That's a very chilling sentence.
You are right. It is. I know that. But that doesn't make it less true.
Consider the alternative:
Any regime willing to use "human shields"
can do what ever it wants with no fear of military action against it.
Any regime which commands terrority with a civilian population need not
fear war against that territory.
I fully agree that strong efforts must be made by civilised countries to
avoid civilian causualties. But "strong efforts" do not include avoiding
war altogether.
-j
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