Totality of Lunar Mu_n Eclipsed wrote:
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But the main difference is that the Vietnamese were no direct
immediate threat to the American homeland, whereas the Islamic
terrorists (and there are plenty of them in Iran) already have struck
the U.S. with devastating attacks. The U.S. is now fighting a
defensive war as the Islamic terrorists are committed to destroying
the U.S.

While this has no business being in
sci.med.cardiology, did a little research on
putting the 9/11 terrorist episode, with its
2700 victims, into perspective. Turns out,
every 5 to 7 weeks, Americans kill 2700
Americans. 118 weeks since 9/11. About
118/6*2700 = 53,000. As you can see,
Americans represent the greatest danger to
Americans. Allowing hundreds of GI's to be
killed and spending billions of dollars on
the military enterprise is unlikely to make
the United States any safer for Americans....
Call it revenge in Afghanistan... Call it
propaganda in Iraq... But do not call it
military action to protect Americans.

Most Humbly,
A.L.(BTW, three of my brothers are Americans
by birth.)





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