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Originally posted by Colin
Firing a missile into any country is an act of war. That's not playing with words.
I agree with you that firing a missile into Sudan is not the same as invading Iraq but not because of principle. This is only because Sudan has no capability for retaliation nor willing allies. Firing a missile into China or Russia, however, would be inviting war and no one would blame them for retaliating.
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First.. you seem to fail to understand that Sudan was NOT attacked... criminals hiding in the country were... You think that if the US could have found Bin Laden prior to 9/11,(just after he claimed having blown up a US ambassy...) and hit him with a missile.. The country harboring Bin Laden (assuming they are not totally out of their minds) would have took that as an act of war and would have had rateliated if they had the power?! common... Now if you miss the guy and hit a pharmaceutical plant.. well tough luck.. you shouldnt have harbored the guy... You think the world community would have blamed you... !? No.. aside maybe from telling you to be more careful next time... Terrorist should never be able to be protected just by hiding in a country that is not willing or capable of dealing with them...
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Originally posted by Colin
I guarantee you if the Mexican president were to fire a missile into a Texas pharmaceutical plant it would be taken as an act of war. Do you agree or disagree?
I'm sure you think that if the US were to fire a missile into a Canadian factory that would be an act of war. Correct? So why not Sudan? What are you saying? Its ok to bomb brown people?
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About being hypocritical....
If terrorists were hiding in Canada, a known group that just attacked US ambassies...(first, thats crazy to think the canadian government wouldnt cooperate) but just to go along with the exemple.. if the canadian government was insane and would do nothing about them (or cannot do nothing about them) .. the US should have the moral rights the go catch or attack those criminals themselves... Like I said above... terrorist should never be able to be protected just by hiding in a country that is not willing or capable of dealing with them... What goes for sudan.. goes for any other country...