I found this on a newsgroup a while ago and I think it is the clearest explanation of why President George Bush has decided to take the course of action he has in dealing with the Taliban, Iraq, Al’Queda and Terrorist in general.

 

We have presented our 'proof' to the world courts (the UN). The world courts found Saddam guilty as accused or we would not have been able to construct the coalition on such short notice.

 

Let me see if I can explain this to you in terms you may understand:

 

Situation: You are visiting a large city with your wife. You walk past an alleyway and are attacked by a gang of thugs. One of them beats you and leaves you severely battered. He then rapes your wife. The rest of the gang holds you down and watches.

 

You go to the cops. What would you have the cops do?

 

1.Call the gang together and ask them to hand the thug over? Then negotiate when   they ask the cops to give them absolute proof against the gang member? 

 

2.Go in and arrest the gang member and bring him into a courtroom?

 

And what if the gang holes up and uses weapons to protect their gang member from arrest? Should the cops:

 

1. Give the gang proof that the gang member is guilty? 

 

2. Take him by force.

 

And what if the gang protects him and sends its members out to terrorize the rest of the city to 'put the fear of God' in them should they try to bring the thug to justice?

 

I really would like to know how you would handle this theoretical situation? I really would.

 

I don't want to lose any more American lives. None of us do. But, Sweetie, sometimes you have to handle criminals as though they were criminals.

 

Linda