So then Neimoller and I part company on the morality of war against Hitler.
I shudder to think what the world would be like if he had been left to do as
he please. I'm not convinced that an internal anti-fascist movement would
have been effective. Anyway, a hell of a lot of "innocent" Germans loved
Hitler and hated Jews.
> Prior to 11 September, there were very few people in this country who
> raised concerns
> about the Taliban - one of them incidentally Ann Landers - so it
> is clear that
> this current interest in the Taliban and going to war with them
> was out of a
> desire for revenge for the acts of terrorists. And revenge is
> not an ethical
> option.
Depending on the definition of "very few," that's not an accurate statement.
I recall a huge hue and cry when the Taliban went about smashing Buddhist
statues and when they forced Hindus to wear badges. And certainly in the
progressive community, especially in the women's movement, there have been
"concerns raised" since the day the Taliban took power.
> And of course war against the Taliban falls on any theory of war
> in that they
> have not attacked us nor have the people of Afghanistan attacked
> us.
But they have apparently provided support for those who did.
> By bringing the evidence to the world, a sober laying out of
> evidence say at
> the United Nations, a world consensus would form
I don't see that happening, frankly. I don't think the Taliban would
respond to a sober laying out of evidence, and it seems that there version
of "morality" is so different from ours that consensus is impossible.
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Deb Messling =^..^=
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