The peace movement debunct.

Re: The peace movement debunct.


I don't think leaving Saddam in power promotes peace and justice in Iraq.

But I don't think this war - the way it has been prepared, chosen and started - promotes peace and justice in the world.

Sorry if that sounds like a rather cynical weighing out of considerations.

The weighing becomes a littlle bit easier by the scepticism instilled by this administration's strategies and plans about what actual degree of peace and justice this war will bring Iraq.

There was more on this kind of question on this thread, btw.

A bit hasty in judgment.

I am, in fact, against our involvement in this war - but in a 51% type fashion.

I'm merely trying to promote thought.

The "strawman" is my main concern regarding this.

Preinfixed - pardon my obvious lapse in understanding - the strawman?

Another question which could have been asked 2 or three years ago:

"How will leaving the taliban in power promote peace and justice in afghanistan?" this question is as hard to answer as the saddam-question. But did the war against the taliban promote peace and justice in afghanistan? I don't think so. Now there is anarchy in afghanistan(no peace and no justice)

its true they're back to anarchy,

and that they're nothing close to the kind of place the US was claiming its war there would yield (or still implying they actually wrought, in fact) -

but surely they are better off than under the taliban?

that much of a difference this war at least will make for the iraqis too; hopefully, (quite) a bit more than that.

question only remains whether it'll be so sensationally better for that one country to justify breaking up international law, order and infuriating an entire already volatile region when terrorism was enough of a risk as it already was.