On 31/03/11 02:37, Pall Thayer wrote: > Its hard to stand on either side of the fence on these issues. Again, > saying that we knew that one thing would prevail over another is easy to > state after the fact. If nothing had been done, we would be complaining > that the world is just standing there watching as a madman slaughters > his constituents. Now that something has been done, we complain that its > all for commercial interests. Its a no win situation.
You are evaluating this politically, though. ;-) The important thing about opposing intervention is not the political effects, it's how it makes us *feel*. From that point of view opposing intervention is win-win, as we get to feel morally superior either way. It's the politics of affect, in which we judge politicians not for their actions but for what we imagine to be in their hearts, and in which we see the world as a source of opportunities to emote rather than moral decisions to be faced. - Rob.
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