LH>What we would probably engage in is what Ralph Peters > refers to as punitive expeditions >(Peters)But there also will be instances when, faced not only >with an oppressive regime responsible for American deaths, >but with a population that broadly supports its bloody-handed >government, we simply will need to send in our military on >a punitive expedition to exact a price that discourages further >attacks on our homeland or on our interests, The Kick Butt theory of international relations. But at least it wouldn't have justified the War on Iraq Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html