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Originally posted by FCAlive
Fishpart,
You make an excellent point.
I am dubious about this war because I don't believe that the reasons which you have sited are the reasons why we are going to war.
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There probably are numerous reasons that are not being mentioned for war - some valid and some not. In a perfect world (well, there wouldn't be war) you could probably spell all the reasons for doing it. But it ain't perfect. There is also a lot of information we are not seeing behind this. Do we have the right to? Freedom of information says we can in 30 years... For now, much is classified.
I see where you are coming from. When I was your age the last time a war with Iraq was coming, many of my close friends (from BU, go figure
) felt the same way as you do now. Looking for the moral and factual truth for justification, the right & wrong. It's easy to feel that way when a prof (not all, just some) or some of your enlightened peers tells you thats the way it should be and in all your discussions, come to the same conclusion - and in a perfect world it could be - but this world is far from perfect. I felt different from a lot of my friends back then. I had seen oppressed people, I had seen terrorism, I had seen smaller and in many ways less dangerous versions of what we see now. Sending your people in harm's way should never be taken lightly but it is often necessary.
Mike - that mis-quoted Chuchill quote you had, had not heard it before but its right on target
