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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: tekboy who wrote (35350)7/30/2002 3:27:49 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
the problem with that Tyler and Stevenson piece from the Times is that it doesn't consider what the costs of not taking on Iraq now might be.

Seems to me that's the obligation of the Bush folk to make that case.

However, I completely agree with you that all of us thinking about what sort of position we wish to take in these arguments need to think about that argument as well. And the Times editorial positions need to reflect that as well.

But it's not clear to me that a one article analysis needs to do that. As I recall the article, they took into account remarks to the effect we could afford it. So it struck me as a classic example of an analysis piece with a point of view which considered the opposite point, i.e., we could afford it, in the text.
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