On 11/25/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, for quite a lot of
us,
> all the Iraqi deaths post 2003 are on the Coalition's head.
And that's because the policy of the rest of the world was to support
the reign of terror of Saddam Hussein ad infinitum????
Very, very bad logic. Those who failed to remove Saddam ("the rest of the
world") for years and years weren't supporters. Otherwise, you and I can be
counted among his former "supporters" (and good luck getting on an
airplane).
I allow you to state almost any idea you care to, but that doesn't mean I'm
supporting them.
Do you dare argue that we are not responsible for the present situation in
Iraq, with all the death and destruction that has resulted? Not completely
responsible, certainly, but surely you aren't trying to evade any
responsibility? If people who failed to remove Saddam from power were his
"supporters," then surely those who who made war on him are supporters of
the deaths of tens of thousands in the resulting conflict.
Even when the law and morality create an "obligation to act," failure to do
so doesn't equate to support or responsibility for the ill that is taking
place, does it?
Nick
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