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To: runes who wrote (70590)	9/17/2003 4:48:30 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) of 70976

Looking for an apology seems a bit much. "Mea Culpa" = "My fault", as in, "I was wrong to support this war". I didn't expect an apology (I suspect that will come some generations later from a future US administration) but an acknowledgement of having been wrong to support the invasion of Iraq. I am content to know that Fred (and the American public at large) are starting to appreciate the risks and consequences of reckless interventionism. Yeah. After the act. And after they killed 6,100 Iraqi civilians (not to mention who knows how many Iraqis fighting the invasion). Do you think Johnny Depp was right in saying the US is like a baby with large teeth who can hurt (without thinking about it)? But please change "destruction" to "disregard". International law isn't dead and, in fact, may end up being stronger because of Bush's folly. I hope you are right. However, Bush legitimized a war of aggression. Now who is to stop India from nuking Pakistan on grounds that they could do it to them at some distant future? I bet that GWB will think twice before snubbing the security council again. Assuming he can actually think, or if he does, it actually leads to a rational thought instead of some evangelist crap a la "I have to fight evil!". Sorry but he didn't inspire me with much confidence in his intellectual abilities up until this point.

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