Hi Horse:
P: What you seem to be saying is that war is not justifiable by any
means under any circumstances. Is that what you're saying?
H: As I didn’t say it that isn't what I meant.
P: I’m glad you concede the point that war is sometimes necessary.
H: The UN has taken more than 13 billion to compensate Kuwait for
the war and to "administer" the OFF program. In other words, more
money has gone into administration and to compensate Kuwait than to
feed and provide medical care for the Iraqi people.
P: Outrageous. I'm in favor of disbanding the UN. It’s incredibly
bureaucratic, totally ineffective and anti-British/American.
H: And while we’re on the subject of that scumbag Saddam, would
anyone care to enlighten me as to why the liberating of the West
stopped short of moving into Baghdad and capturing Saddam
Hussein?
P: Many Americans, including me, have asked the same question. This
time, let's get him.
H: So let me get this straight. When an elected government of a
constitutional democracy supports terrorism and provides training and
weapons and finance to terrorist groups this is OK.
P: You got it right. Defenders of liberty should never be asked to tie their
hands behind their backs.
H: America, England, Australia, India, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Palestine,
Afghanistan, etc. are all SOCIAL patterns of value. None of them were
created by intellectual values.
P: Disagree. England and the U.S were created by the intellectual
values of trial by jury, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, etc.
Surely you are thankful for the Magna Carter. I am, and I'm not British.
H: The forms of government that emerge from these social patterns
are indistinguishable if they perform the same low value actions. . . . I
do try to apply any standards evenly and that includes looking at the
actions governments take.
P: If there is moral equivalency between nations, we may as well hand
over our weapons to Hussein right now.
H: Brains not muscle is the only way to sort out this mess.
P: So we call in a bunch of psychologists and invite Bin Laden to a
seminar on conflict resolution? I don’t think so.
Platt
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