Re: Ada in Iraq

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

Jerry Petrey wrote:
> We certainly don�t want to kill innocent civilians in a war, which is
> why we build smart weapons to minimize these unnecessary losses.
> However, nothing is perfect � there are always unexpected casualties
> in a war.  No one builds airliners to crash and kill civilians either
> but it happens.  We try to minimize it but it still happens.  Of
> course there are plenty of idiots in the world that have no problem
> using an airliner full of civilians as a weapon.  There are ruthless
> dictators like Saddam who have no problem torturing and killing his
> own people by the thousands, or his son who uses his penis for a
> weapon of torture.  I, for one, am proud to be making the weapons that
> help rid the world of such trash.  I'm proud to be from a country with
> the guts to stand up against such people rather than burying their
> heads in the sand and talking about �peace and love� while the
> murderers continue their sprees.  We are not perfect but we try to do
> something to help give freedom to those to whom it is withheld.
> Unfortunately there is always a price to pay for freedom � but there
> is a much greater price to pay for letting it slip away.

What does this have to do with what I wrote? I'm talking about using the
war as PR for Ada.

> I think Ada makes safer systems that minimize loss of civilian lives
> in many hi-tech applications (not only weapons).  What I am concerned
> about is the movement away from it today in so many areas.  I think
> there will be many more unnecessary losses of lives in the future for
> these decisions, however well intentioned they are.

As I also said you may find this kind of PR useful in military circles.
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Preben Randhol                    http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/