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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (102198)6/20/2003 11:52:28 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 

Ken Pollack's recent comments on the timing of the war, the gist being, "I don't see why now; why not wait two years?" always struck me as being totally oblivious to certain political realities:

Not for the first time, you describe your own opinions - highly debatable opinions - as "political realities".

Pollack is said to know a thing or two about these things, and I suspect that he has considered the factors you cite, and others that you habitually ignore, and reached a reasonable decision.

It amuses me intensely that when military action against Iraq was first being discussed, you were citing Pollack as the single most authoritative source on the issue. Now he's saying something I've been saying for a long time: that the deployment was premature and unnecessarily limited our options. All of a sudden he's "oblivious".

Have you considered the possibility that those with whom you disagree may not be oblivious? Have you considered the possibility that they may have valid points, sometimes points as valid as yours, sometimes points more valid than yours?

The easiest way to be right all the time is to ignore any information that suggests that you might be wrong. Of course when we do that we are right only in our own eyes, and of course in the eyes of those who agree with us, but for some that's enough.
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