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Re: jbennett53 post# 13080

Sunday, 03/30/2003 10:09:39 PM

Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:09:39 PM

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Why should I be kidding? I wrote "There can be cases where a war is justified independent of the motivations of those who pursue it." 1937 Germany is not one of those cases.

However, consider the example of 1939 Britain. Were they justified in going to war with Germany after the latter invaded Poland? There is little doubt in my mind that it was justified by what Hitler was planning to do to Jews, Gypsies and homosexuals in areas under his control, but I doubt if that was what motivated Britain at the time.

There can certainly be cases where the motivations of the people in power are so harmful as to render other reasons irrelevant, but Bush does not believe in genocide, and even if it turns out that he is really motivated by something other than what he says he is, he will have to show some progress toward the goals that he has publicly announced if he is to have any hope of reelection next year.

Note that I am not sure this war is a good idea, with Zeev's reservations being a lot of the reason, but what I am saying is that the alleged motivations of GWB do not necessarily decide the issue.
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