[geeks] oh my god.

[Will Mc Donald]

I'm reading up from the bottom here (my cable's been borked this evening)
but....

As a non-US citizen type my outsider's view is that any form of proper war -
and hence a draft - are highly unlikely. This isn't a conventional enemy.
It's terrorism/guerrilla warfare, a large conventional military force
doesn't seem that useful as a retaliatory force.

I know it's extremely early days but I've been reasonably impressed with
Bush's restraint (so far). For a man who took a while to "back down" from
China he's been extremely controlled so far. I just hope it stays this way.

I'm vaguely getting a grip on the situation now. I was appalled at what I
heard on the radio and read on the 'net while at work. When I got home and
watched some of the situation on TV I had to switch off and listen to some
soothing music for a while.

Now I go to read the rest of my mail and catch up on the news.

Will.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua D Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] oh my god.


> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:03:40PM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:
> > My wife called me with horror in her voice when she watched it on TV
> > and was extremely happy that I'm 32 years old and less likely to be
> > drafted if such a thing comes to pass.
>
> I am prime draft age (I couldn't get into the military if I wanted
> to, but apparently for the draft the physical standards are dropped), and
> my mother was expressing concern about myself being drafted.
>
> Where does this come from?  Are pretty much all terrorist nations really
> small places that could be easily obliterated using only conventional
> weapons if we so desired?
>
> Further, why do people talk about there having had to be a large network
> of dedicated people to pull this off?  Why couldn't a small group of only
> 2 people per plane do it?  Aren't planes hijacked all the time by only one
> or two people?  If there are less the 20 people, this would easily explain
> why the intelligence community failed to provide warning than other
> arguments do.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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