On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:33:14 GMT, "Tim W"
wrote:


"Chuck Taylor" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:27:16 GMT, "Tim W"
wrote:

Revenge is not the business of a civilised government,

Defense is a mandatory function of the U.S.' federal government, [...]

The two are not at all the same thing.


That's correct. And as Doug Miller has pointed out for you, Osama bin
Laden has conducted a *series of attacks* on the United States, both
within its borders and elsewhere, demonstrating that his terrorist
organization is a persistent threat against which the U.S.' federal
government has an obligation to defend its citizens.

To dismiss the U.S.' armed response to 9/11, particularly in
Afghanistan, as *revenge* means that one must either be ignorant of
recent history or be deliberately misrepresenting it. Which of those
best describes you?


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