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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (7933)12/26/2006 4:45:09 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 15987
 
Who has the right to kill another human being?

Anyone in defense of themselves or in defense of others. In a situation of general order, the right to self defense (at least the legal right) is generally considered to end when the immediate threat ends, even if there is the potential for future threats. In the international area you don't have an overall government or general order. You can't rely on the police to solve the situation. The exact facts of the situation in Iraq and with Saddam before the war can be debated. The appropriate response in practical and moral terms to any particular version of what those facts where could also be debated. But it is reasonable to consider Saddam's regime to have been a criminal one and a threat to its neighbors, as well as an aggressor against the Iraqi people.

Even if you have the right to kill bad people, what happens when you kill innocent people by mistake?

In war that is unavoidable. But if only the evil wage war for that reason, then the evil will dominate the world.

What happens when people pretend to be good people but they are out to kill good people?

I can try to answer if you want but I don't see how the question is relevant.

Is it fair for us to give 8 weeks training to 19 year olds and give them the authority to kill people they think deserve killing?

The training is longer than that. After basic, you train in your area of specialization, and also you train with your unit. More importantly the decisions are often made by more experienced people, even when they are often low ranking decisions. In any case relatively young people making life and death decisions without years of training and experience is not extremely unusual. A rookie cop might have to make such a decision. In non violent ways rookie fire and rescue personnel might have to make such decisions. And the list doesn't end there.
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