On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > >> Michael Ware has yet to be wrong on Iraq. >> >> "As uncomfortable as he is with the idea of his leaving Iraq, if Ware >> were setting policy, American forces would be in Iraq for a very, >> very >> long time. He shudders at the idea of massive American troop >> withdrawals. Horrific genocide, he predicts; worse than Bosnia" > > it was wrong for the US to destabilize Iraq, obviously ... > > but we can't blame Americans for Iraqi acts of violence, or can we?
The notion that a conqueror is responsible for the welfare of the conquered people or at least the innocent among them is certainly embodied in international law and tradition. No one questioned it after WWII and it forms the basis of the theory of a trust relationship between the US and the Indian nations. Colin Powell expressed it as the 'Pottery Barn Rule' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_Barn_rule> -- Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before. -Steven Wright, comedian (b. 1955) _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
