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Old 07-18-2003, 11:55 AM   #52 (permalink)
Dragonlich
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Originally posted by The_Dude
hmm...if US can use this principle, why cant other people??

if the whole world followed this principle, there would be no tomorrow.
Why? If people in country A are preparing to attack people in country B, it's up to the governments of either country A or country B to stop this. That is perfectly normal, and perfectly acceptable. I see no reason to assume that this principle will somehow translate into some global cataclysm...

I think I know what you're trying to say here, though: what if (for example) China were to say that people in Taiwan are plotting to attack China - they'd have an "excuse" to attack. Well, they don't. There wouldn't be any proof whatsoever for such a claim, and the Chinese would be kicked back in line. The US, on the other hand, faces attacks from global terrorists on a daily basis, which is well documented, and proven by the attacks in the past decades.
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