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Old May 21, 2007, 09:55 pm   #21 (permalink) (top)
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If they succeed, we might not declare war, but we should not just place the agents out in the open. We should do our best to protect them, let the countries take a risk, do all we can to stop them. But if they succeed, they succeed. Is that what you were getting at?
Of course, one's own country would do anything to protect their own agents. That's basically what I meant by saying a patriot would unconditionally support his/her own troops.

Yeah, what I'm saying is that from an objective point of view, irrespective of a single nation, no country has that high ground; theoretically, all agent could be susceptible to harm.

Now, again, I reiterate the possibilities for the injustices of might makes right and even when a country's agents are captured, the country may work hard to get them back. The moral of the story, though, is that no nation should be above another. Sorry if my wording was ambiguous.


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