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Not neccessary to know enemy
Reader comment on item: [Lee Harris on Why the U.S. is] Discarding War's Rules
Submitted by Joy Booth (Australia), Jan 21, 2004 at 02:14
Lee Harris has been applauded for knowing the enemy.This is quite unnecessary. It only takes common sense. And if each one of us looks back in our lives, we can see instances where we treated consistently bad people with decency, they used our decency against us to win their outcome.
The old saying "Fight fire with fire" is and always will be true.
Many people deserve our decency, do not waste it on exploiters.
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 Not neccessary to know enemy [72 words] | Joy Booth | Jan 21, 2004 02:14 | 13454 | ||
| The News from Iraq [270 words] | Matt Prastein | Aug 30, 2003 02:44 | 10925 | ||
| Hits the Nail on the Head [40 words] | RonI | Aug 22, 2003 14:17 | 10728 | ||
| Know thy enemies!!! [95 words] | kader | Aug 21, 2003 15:17 | 10710 | ||
| Why discarding the rules is a bad strategy [211 words] | Jacob Fisher | Aug 11, 2003 08:12 | 10503 | ||
| Breaking the Rules [52 words] | Elizabeth Coote | Aug 6, 2003 12:52 | 10461 | ||
| Thank you [15 words] | Joel Morris | Aug 2, 2003 16:54 | 10419 | ||
| Discarding War's Rules dated 22 July, 2003 [188 words] | S.C.Panda | Jul 31, 2003 06:04 | 10362 | ||
| Realities [183 words] | Bernard Langdon | Jul 30, 2003 23:19 | 10357 | ||
| maybe we need to rethink a war on terrorism [461 words] | Peter Herz | Jul 29, 2003 01:54 | 10287 | ||
| Proportionate Response? [38 words] | FRANCIS HARTIGAN | Jul 28, 2003 16:30 | 10278 | ||
| New policy's success reflected in eliminating Hussein brothers. [49 words] | FRANK G ZAVISCA | Jul 27, 2003 19:08 | 10265 | ||
| Right on Point [28 words] | Pat Lavin | Jul 26, 2003 22:13 | 10257 | ||
| Gratitude and Concern [268 words] | Timothy Schiff, Ph.D. | Jul 26, 2003 19:39 | 10256 | ||
| Great article! Is there a link to the Harris column? [28 words] | Tish | Jul 26, 2003 13:47 | 10254 | ||
| The New Rule Book says, "Let's play to win" [363 words] | RPaine | Jul 25, 2003 23:10 | 10243 | ||
| This article is prescient [64 words] | Rowena | Jul 25, 2003 15:33 | 10241 | ||
| Thank God [46 words] | Ralph Maggioni | Jul 25, 2003 10:34 | 10238 | ||
| GREAT article! Now I see why CAIR and AMC don't like you... [233 words] | Roddy McClain | Jul 24, 2003 22:45 | 10231 | ||
| Response vs perceived potential [353 words] | Hector Rodriguez | Jul 24, 2003 22:43 | 10230 | ||
| Amazement [12 words] | Lee Naranjo | Jul 24, 2003 22:24 | 10229 | ||
| Wisdom Par Excellence [74 words] | M&J | Jul 24, 2003 21:45 | 10228 | ||
| Morally Commendable [119 words] | Michoel Zeldis | Jul 24, 2003 18:48 | 10225 | ||
| I couldn't have said it better! [66 words] | T'yoma | Jul 24, 2003 17:38 | 10221 | ||
| 2 | A constructive and non-violent solution to terrorism. [647 words] | Victor Lipshutz | Jul 24, 2003 16:22 | 10219 | |
| Don't bring a knive to a gun fight!! [113 words] | David J. Bastyr | Jul 24, 2003 15:26 | 10217 | ||
| Common Sense And Intelligence [56 words] | Heywood Jablomi | Jul 24, 2003 13:19 | 10212 | ||
| Changing rules of warfare ... (let's include China) [483 words] | Chuck Ingerson | Jul 24, 2003 12:47 | 10210 | ||
| as usual, you are right. [64 words] | jeann ward | Jul 24, 2003 11:28 | 10206 | ||
| Moral Relativism [99 words] | Stephen Berman | Jul 24, 2003 09:59 | 10203 | ||
| They aren't the Nazis or the Japs [120 words] | Glenn Klotz | Jul 24, 2003 09:02 | 10201 | ||
| Afghan Veteran weighs in [205 words] | MAJ | Jul 24, 2003 08:57 | 10200 | ||
| Rules of War [387 words] | W. DuPree Moore | Jul 24, 2003 06:11 | 10193 | ||
| In Our Interests [254 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Jul 23, 2003 18:39 | 10186 | ||
| Well Done! [87 words] | Jon Alvarez | Jul 23, 2003 16:26 | 10183 | ||
| The Cold War had an effect too. [133 words] | Carey E. Stronach | Jul 23, 2003 12:35 | 10181 | ||
| Whose rules? [236 words] | Michael Elvin | Jul 23, 2003 12:11 | 10180 | ||
| To win we must be prepared to sink below their level. [162 words] | GRAHAM RAEL-BROOK | Jul 23, 2003 11:33 | 10177 | ||
| unilateral US action in middle east [231 words] | mark urban | Jul 23, 2003 10:28 | 10175 | ||
| Harris [50 words] | Mark | Jul 23, 2003 10:01 | 10174 | ||
| Impose a double standard [43 words] | Yehuda | Jul 23, 2003 06:51 | 10170 | ||
| Taking the Gloves Off! [281 words] | Terrall | Jul 23, 2003 06:31 | 10169 | ||
| It is getting too rigid [338 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jul 23, 2003 03:26 | 10167 | ||
| can't agree with you more [263 words] | Laura Maizels | Jul 23, 2003 02:29 | 10166 | ||
| Islamist Fantasists [466 words] | Peter J. Herz | Jul 23, 2003 01:30 | 10164 | ||
| Western Restraint or Liberal Fear [197 words] | Josh Farst | Jul 23, 2003 01:23 | 10163 | ||
| Pipes' Analysis Right On Target [82 words] | Sheila Pickerill | Jul 23, 2003 00:32 | 10159 | ||
| Bravo Mr Harris [27 words] | Molly Kafes | Jul 22, 2003 20:53 | 10149 | ||
| rediscovering common sense [140 words] | lelene | Jul 22, 2003 20:35 | 10148 | ||
| Two-thirds on target [92 words] | Gary Siegel | Jul 22, 2003 20:04 | 10147 | ||
| Thanks for another fabulous column! [75 words] | Louis Castellano | Jul 22, 2003 19:39 | 10146 | ||
| Well this is LONG overdue.......... [86 words] | Ciaran Palmer | Jul 22, 2003 19:09 | 10144 | ||
| Discarding war's rules [317 words] | Vijay Dandapani | Jul 22, 2003 16:46 | 10142 | ||
| If only... [152 words] | Michael Leibowitz | Jul 22, 2003 16:14 | 10141 | ||
| About time [38 words] | Charles Gates | Jul 22, 2003 16:03 | 10140 | ||
| Why the U.S. is discarding war's rules [41 words] | michael gibbons | Jul 22, 2003 15:05 | 10139 | ||
| A very insightful article [54 words] | BRIAN TAYLOR | Jul 22, 2003 14:57 | 10137 | ||
| Lee Harris' Article [32 words] | Paul Kaplan | Jul 22, 2003 14:56 | 10136 | ||
| Half-measures [220 words] | Joseph Grossman | Jul 22, 2003 14:52 | 10135 | ||
| Excellent [12 words] | John Bacile | Jul 22, 2003 14:27 | 10134 | ||
| The governments vs the governed [96 words] | Richard Gay | Jul 22, 2003 13:42 | 10133 | ||
| Hear! Hear! [484 words] | Mark | Jul 22, 2003 13:14 | 10132 | ||
| It's about time someone said this. [66 words] | Reuven Aaron | Jul 22, 2003 13:10 | 10131 | ||
| Hitting the nail on the head [40 words] | Paulo | Jul 22, 2003 13:09 | 10130 | ||
| Wonderful! [40 words] | Dr. Herbert Nevyas | Jul 22, 2003 12:58 | 10129 | ||
| This guy is great [29 words] | Ken Besig | Jul 22, 2003 12:50 | 10128 | ||
| Right on! [187 words] | Joe Fitzgerald | Jul 22, 2003 11:57 | 10127 | ||
| Walks, Talks and Quacks [74 words] | Margaret Dodderer | Jul 22, 2003 11:46 | 10126 | ||
| Militant Islam [293 words] | john Graham | Jul 22, 2003 11:33 | 10124 | ||
| Lack of Standards [277 words] | Giulio Battiston | Jul 22, 2003 11:15 | 10123 | ||
| It sounds good, but… [147 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Jul 22, 2003 10:53 | 10122 | ||
| Re: Assured destruction [235 words] | Cas Balicki | Jul 22, 2003 10:49 | 10121 | ||
| Harris article - discarding war rules [64 words] | Gene Lambson | Jul 22, 2003 10:44 | 10120 | ||
| War rules [19 words] | Sally Herbert | Jul 22, 2003 10:33 | 10118 | ||
| A New Set of Rules is needed [247 words] | Iris Hicks | Jul 22, 2003 10:28 | 10117 | ||
| best by test [75 words] | B.R Bradshaw | Jul 22, 2003 10:21 | 10116 | ||
| why the u.s. is discarding war rules [22 words] | beni t. dean | Jul 22, 2003 09:52 | 10113 | ||
| A fight to the finish [37 words] | Melvin A. Fechter | Jul 22, 2003 09:21 | 10111 | ||
| Sequelae to preemption [48 words] | Alan E. Geller | Jul 22, 2003 09:00 | 10110 |
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