--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > It is a curious position to criticize somebody for > taking a > > moral stance > > today, simply because they did not take that > stance yesterday and now > > concede that they were wrong for not doing so. > > Isn't that what Gautam is doing? Saying that the > anti-war protestors are > being hypocritical for not caring about the Iraqi > people 1, 2 or 5 years > ago?
No, I'm saying that they're either being dishonest about their intentions, or not thinking clearly. Hypocrisy is the _least_ of their sins. I'm not saying that we should do this _solely_ because it is good for the people of Iraq. It is, but that's not enough for me to trigger American military action, especially at this scale. They are arguing that we should not do this, and saying that the reason they are so excited that they are concerned about the people of Iraq. I don't think that the protest leaders are concerned about the people of Iraq in the least - since they never expressed any such concern before the US started trying to liberate them (among other things) - and I think that the rank and file are being disingenuous, at best, in their claims, since they didn't seem to care when Saddam was massacring the people of Iraq. If your first priority is the people of Iraq, then you should be the strongest supporter of this invasion. It's only if you have other priorities that you should oppose it. I guess you could argue that they feel that it's better for tens of thousands of Iraqis to be killed on purpose by Saddam than hundreds or thousands to be killed by accident by the US, but let's just say I don't have a lot of sympathy for that viewpoint. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
