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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (76985)2/24/2003 12:00:13 AM
From: ManyMoose   of 281500
 
King and Ghandi both operated in nations struggling against lingering elements of bigotry and hatred. They succeeded because their message made sense to the overwhelming majority of free and moral people. Their nations were not headed by tyrants. Their constitutions revered and permitted freedom for all.

Ghandi and King would have failed under the thumb of Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden. Instead, they would have been exterminated.

So, sometimes, yes: The two choices are willingness to kill, or do nothing and be killed. The derivative possibility through our determination and ability to persevere is to convince the evildoer that their positions are futile.

The best possible resolution of the current crisis would be for Saddam and Osama to hang up their guns and leave town. That won't happen as long as they aren't convinced of our resolve.

"Peace" protests prolong the agony and are very unhelpful. They are not in the least comparable to Ghandi and King's pacifism.
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