LB,
I respect your opinion of Fisk, but I think he has found the pulse of much of the anti-war/go slow movement, or more accurately perhaps, groundswell.
Those who oppose war are not cowards. Brits rather like fighting; they've biffed Arabs, Afghans, Muslims, Nazis, Italian Fascists and Japanese imperialists for generations, Iraqis included – though we play down the RAF's use of gas on Kurdish rebels in the 1930s. But when the British are asked to go to war, patriotism is not enough. Faced with the horror stories, Britons – and many Americans – are a lot braver than Blair and Bush. They do not like, as Thomas More told Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons, tales to frighten children.
As for my recent posts, I have believed and do believe that there are valid, reasonable justifications for possible action in Iraq.
What makes me dig in my heels is the rush to all-out war on flimsy evidence...makes even my suspicions suspicious.
As for Bush & Co, they would do better to respect the people's collective intelligence. The web has made Gulf of Tonkin and incubator-style ruses obsolete and ineffective as propaganda.
Just tell us your real reasons for wanting to commit our boys and our tax money to this cause. We and the world might even agree with you. |
