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What is an appropropriate response?
Political and philosophical considerations after the attack on the Word Trade Center

Official lies

As is usual during times of war, we are being fed even more lies than
at other times. Telling half-truths while carefully concealing missing
information is also a kind of lying, for all practical purposes. So when
the media talk about "over 90% of the American population supports
military action, how did they get this figure? What was the question?
And what alternatives were offered during the survey? Obviously we are
being fed half-truths by the government and the media.

Here are some figures from a Gallup Poll taken within a week of the
attacks on the Word Trade Center.

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How the world views a US military response 

(Gallup International Surveys Sept 14 to 17) 

In your opinion, once the identity of the terrorists is known, 
should the American governmemt launch a military attack 
on the country or countries where the terrorists are based, 
or should the American government seek to extradite 
the terrorists to stand trial? 

Country ........ Launch ........ Try the ....... Don't
................ Attack ........ terrorists .... know

Israel ......... 77% ........... 19% ............ 4%
India .......... 72 ............ 28 ............. 0
United States .. 54 ............ 30 ............ 16
Korea .......... 38 ............ 54 ............. 9
France ......... 29 ............ 64 ............. 4
Czech Republic . 22 ............ 64 ............ 14
Italy .......... 21 ............ 71 ............. 8
South Africa ... 18 ............ 75 ............. 7
United Kingdom . 18 ............ 75 ............. 7
(excluding N.Ireland)
Germany ........ 17 ............ 77 ............. 6
Bosnia ......... 14 ............ 80 ............. 6
Colombia ....... 11 ............ 85 ............. 4
Pakistan ........ 9 ............ 69 ............ 22
Greece .......... 6 ............ 88 ............. 6
Mexico .......... 2 ............ 94 ............. 3

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0927/p1s1-wogi.html