I am not sure why you have problems with Kosovo
Actually, I don't have a problem with Kosovo:
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There was a dictator in charge who in some ways was more violent than Saddam
Not as violent, but nonetheless, he needed to go.
How this leads you to conclude that Iraq and Kosovo are analogous is beyond me? I think your accusation that Al and I are saying one is okay and one is not based on who was president is your excuse for not looking closely at the reasons for going to war with Iraq.
No, my accusation is based on the fact that neither of you has any reasonable explanation for your difference in the positions. Al's, in fact, has been worse -- proclaiming that, in effect, because America had no national security interest in Kosovo it somehow makes it more "just". Ridiculous.
also can say when Clinton made his case for going in, it made logical sense, it made obligatory sense and was predicated on a sense of duty rather than paranoid fear. I was never once worried that things might get out of control nor that there would be serious repercussions for the US going forward. And to date that has proven true.
Clinton didn't "make the case". He went to war without either congressional or UN approval.
A clear and present danger to our allies or ourselves.
But there was no clear and present danger to our allies or ourselves in Kosovo.
I am opposed to going to war against Iraq under this president.
Right. Even though this war with Iraq is more justifiable than the war against Kosovo. In this instance, there is a clear threat to us (according to practically every expert on the subject), there have been tremendous human rights violations, and he poses a clear threat to both our military in the region as well as our allies in the region (Israel, and Kuwait as well).
Again, you have yet to enunciate a clear rationale for supporting the war in Kosovo and opposing the war in Iraq. Your only basis continues to be political. |
