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DarthBoba
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Date Posted:
8/14/07 5:20am
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RE: why haven't America and Australia been attacked
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I'd say anyone involved in the murder of 6 million Jews and countless Chinese lost any right to basic rights well before Dresden and the A-bombs. And don't give those bs excuses about Germans not knowing or they were simply following orders. Not knowing is clearly nonsense, and following orders isn't an excuse, either.
I'm not saying either side is more right; rather that the Axis powers brought these things on themselves, and should have considered the potential consequences more gravely before going to war.
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Jediflyer
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8/14/07 6:51am
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So are you saying that civilians should be considered legit targets in war?
Isn't Al Qaeda's rational for attacking civilians that U.S. citizens, in a democratic nation, have allowed their government to occupy the holy land and support Israel?
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Kimball_Kinnison
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8/14/07 7:02am
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DarthArsenal6 posted:
Alpha-Red posted:
I think that violent action by the military and by civilians is two totally different things. In World War II bombing of industrial centers was done by military forces who were fighting a war.
Hmmmmmmm I bet Bombing of Dresden doesn't come as close including the deaths of civillain Japaness as nuke bombs were dropped by the Boeing B-29 Enola Gay.
Nice 
Only one atomic bomb was dropped by the Enola Gay, the "Little Boy" bomb. The "Fat Man" bomb dropped on Nagasaki was delivered by the bomber Bockscar, three days later.
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Gonk
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8/14/07 7:06am
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I don't get the title of the thread -- I thought America and Australia WERE attacked. America at least twice high profile: 9/11 and the DC sniper, who was inspired due to the political situation.
It was supposedly my nation and Jordan that were the only countries that had not been attacked. And then Jordan's hotel got bombed.
CRAP! That means we're due! *Jumps for cover*
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DarthBoba
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Where're you from, Gonk?
I took it to mean "why haven't America and Australia been attacked RECENTLY"
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darthdrago
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Gonk's a Krazy Kanadian.
Besides, wasn't there a huge arrest made recently of some kind of Islamic terror cell plotting to do some destruction in Toronto? Or Montreal?
*waits for somebody else to do the research & post a link* 
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DarthBoba
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8/14/07 1:46pm
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Given that Canada's overrun with musk ox, polar bears, and wolves, I wouldn't attack them either. 
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Lowbacca_1977
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8/14/07 3:45pm
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Gonk posted:
I don't get the title of the thread -- I thought America and Australia WERE attacked. America at least twice high profile: 9/11 and the DC sniper, who was inspired due to the political situation.
It was supposedly my nation and Jordan that were the only countries that had not been attacked. And then Jordan's hotel got bombed.
CRAP! That means we're due! *Jumps for cover*
Well, the point was why we've not been attacked now that we've been 'wakened' so to speak. In other words, post-9/11. And I'm not sure I'd count the DC sniper only because the question seems to be posed in reference to an organised attack, not one or two gunmen working in isolation.
And Australia hasn't been attacked, to my knowledge. One could argue that Bali was an attack on Australians, but I wasn't aware of terrorism within Australia.
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Ender_Sai
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8/14/07 3:49pm
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Well Bali was an attack on foreigners in general, it's just that most where Australians. The Australian Embassy in Jakarta was peppered with fragments from a bomb, however...
It boils down, though, to what I said earlier - Australia just isn't important enough to attack on a notable scale.
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Mr44
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In other words, [Tarkin]it's too remote to make an effective demonstration?[/Tarkin]
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Ender_Sai
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8/14/07 9:32pm
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Precisely.
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