Unwise? Perhaps; we will see.

Feb 15, 2004

Unwise? Perhaps; we will see.

But immoral?

Tutu tells Blair: Apologise for 'immoral' war

I don't think so. Not at all, in fact.

Feb 15, 2004 8:16:55 PM

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very persuasive argument you have there!

Posted by: yon | Feb 17, 2004 at 10:44 AM

I don't know. I happen to believe that the removal of Saddam Hussein was a good thing, because he was one of the world's more dreadful tyrants, and he is no longer killing Iraqis. To me, that on its own seems a good reason for fighting the war.

Posted by: Michael Jennings | Feb 18, 2004 at 03:37 PM

No question about that, Michael. That's my ambivalence. The war has done good things but we are nowhere near the end game and my doubts are whether our President has the skill to carry it off. That's why I distinguish between the wisdom of the timing/method/followthrow etc etc of the war and the supposed "immorality of it.

There can be a lauable & moral goal -- saving a dog marooned on a somewhat-fronzen lake" -- but simply walking out there to fetch it might be very unwise.

Posted by: David Sucher | Feb 18, 2004 at 05:25 PM

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Interesting back and forth... ...on Why the Coronado Bridge is long and curved instead of short and straight. There are plenty of legitimate targets for those who question waste, boondoggle and special subsidy in activist government of either left or right. But I have my doubts that this bridge is one of them, unless one is into questioning the entire defense apparatus of the Cold War.

If for this image alone... J. M. W. Turner, The Passage of the St. Gothard (1804). Watercolor. Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, U.K. ...take a look at this post at Junk for Code about Romanticism & the sublime.