At 08:02 AM 9/26/2004 -0700 Nick Arnett wrote:
>To me, the oversimplification of arguments along the lines of "Saddam
>was a brutal dictator, therefore the war was just," is another example
>of the sort of polemics that passes for argument in our culture. As if
>war's only effect on the world is to determine whether or not the stated
>desired outcome would come to pass!
>
>Surely the war planners at least considered what sort of effect this
>would have on the rest of the world's attitudes toward us. Yet the
>administration, much less its supporters, seems unwilling to give even
>lip service to that or any of the multitude of other reasons that argue
>against the war.
You are confusing "justified" with "wise." Kerry explicitly said that
the brutality of the dictator alone is not sufficient for justification.
Of course, you also managed to duck the fact that this 1997 transcript
contradicts most everything Kerry has had to say about Iraq for the past
year. Indeed, on this transcript, it sounds like he is defending the Bush
Administration's current foreign policy. You may notice that Kerry is
explicitly considering in this transcript the possibility of having to go
it alone - no matter what France and China think of us.
JDG
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