SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : My House
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Solon who wrote (5788)3/10/2003 4:20:12 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (1) of 7689
 
Your statement wasn't true because it set up a false dichotomy. It was not a comparison or choice between an imperfect process (the feckless League of Nations pronouncing violations and then doing nothing about them) on the one hand and Hitler's and Japan's aggressions on the other hand. It was a case of the imperfect process of responding to these threats causing or directly bringing about the horrors of widespread conflict, civilian casualties and deprivations, and the Holocaust, among other things.

What we seem to be witnessing in the UN is an imperfect process of responding to new threats. Those that believe Saddam is not a threat apparently believe that the only way WMD's can be delivered is through traditional means. He has done nothing but act like a threat since he took power. It is not enough to renounce a threat. Hitler was renounced, so were the Japanese, by international bodies formed to ensure "security". The lesson of those times was that an unarmed security guard is insufficient security against violent madmen.

Would the world have been a better place if the US had launched a war against Germany in 1936 to counter its brazen violations of restrictions it agreed to after past aggressions? Would history have taken a better course? Those are questions worth pondering. It's not easy to say that the world was better off, really, truly better off, because those things didn't happen.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News