Re: Bush planning nuke attack on Iran?

Richard Morris wrote:
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Richard Morris wrote:

How are preemptive military strikes against Iran materialy different from flying airliners into the World Trade Center?

Surely you can't be serious.

In case you didn't notice, the WTC was filled with *civilians* on 9/11. Even if we *do* carry out a preemptive strike on Iran, we will be targeting military installations and other strategic military sites. We will not be indiscriminately killing innocent civilians.

That's how it's materially different.
Oh, sure - the same way we have not been killing innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Think about it. There were four planes down on 9/11. One crashed into a field. Two were flown into the towers. That was indiscriminately killing innocent civilians, and according to JB, that was a not okay. And, he/she is right about that.

But the third plane was flown into the Pentagon. I guess that one must have been excusable since it only targeted a military institution.


The Pentagon was *absolutely* a military target. That wasn't the example you used. You only referred to the WTC.

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