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Old 10-27-2008, 21:28   #23
stuW
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Originally Posted by The Reaper View Post
It occurs to me that it is something our enemies should worry about quite a bit, and our friends not at all.

Maybe there was a message there for others, perhaps Iran to consider as well.

TR
If we engage in such behavior, it legitimizes such action for other less honorable and democratic state actors. That doesn't mean I'm opposed - but these actions will make us look stupid when we condemn other countries for doing the same thing. The world has a lot of problems with non-state nationalistic groups. I'm not certain the cost-benefit analysis comes up positive, unless the people/info they got is really, really good. We aren't going to know that...
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