"effective alternative to the bombing "

The Great Quail quail at libyrinth.com
Tue Oct 16 14:27:28 CDT 2001


>http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=99442
>A lesson could have been learnt from Israel's patient stalking, capture and
>trial of Adolf Eichmann who was accused of a far more serious crime. In
>going to war, Bush and Blair resorted to a mixture of cowboy discourse and
>Old Testament imagery to pre-empt any judicial inquiry or action. [...]

The problem with this statement lies in the fact that Adolf Eichmann 
stopped being a serious threat after the War was over. I would think 
that was so obvious it hardly needs to be pointed out!

--Q
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