[geeks] oh my god.

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

War changes constantly.  During our fight for 
independence, Britain couldn't easily deal with our 
tactics (sorry to all our .uk readers for bring this 
up), then we learned this in 'nam and several other 
spots in the world.  Now it changes again.
> 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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