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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (108801)7/30/2003 12:14:17 AM
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It is hard to justify war by saying "we killed the other guys". It is hard to justify war by saying "we didn't like those people". If war could be justified in that way, the world would be swimming in a sea of blood, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks a year. There are always people to be killed and always people that somebody does not like. An actual reason is needed. Self-defense is widely accepted as the only reason -- just as it is on the streets of America. If you killed somebody on the street, and later confessed that he was not actually a threat to you, but pointed out that he was known to smack his wife and kids, you would still be guilty of murder. Even if he himself was a murderer, you would yourself now be guilty of murder. That is how it works -- it is called the rule of law and it forms the basis for human civilization.
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