The Right Thing
Mar. 19th, 2011 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI believe it was the right thing to do to challenge Gaddafi.
When a murderous bully is gaining the upper hand- and you're bigger than he is and have a fair chance of stopping him, it's wrong to sit on your hands.
This intervention was possible. And the calculations suggest a fair outcome is likelier than a miserable one.
I have, in the past, called myself a pacifist. Obviously this was a lie.
When a murderous bully is gaining the upper hand- and you're bigger than he is and have a fair chance of stopping him, it's wrong to sit on your hands.
This intervention was possible. And the calculations suggest a fair outcome is likelier than a miserable one.
I have, in the past, called myself a pacifist. Obviously this was a lie.
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Date: 2011-03-20 11:13 am (UTC)If you want to compare Libya to Iraq, compare how Poppy Bush encouraged the Shiites to rise up against Saddam Hussein and then stood by idly while they were summarily slaughtered. That, I think, is a similar situation.
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Date: 2011-03-21 06:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-21 10:03 am (UTC)