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To: Spheres who wrote (79845)	10/22/2004 10:26:10 PM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (2) of 794033

When considering what the righteous path for war is, there is little doubt in my mind, which version is an expression of greater morality. I played chess, used to be good at it. The difference between playing competitive chess and analysis is that in an analysis you can replay the the moves over and over until you find 'the best move'. Under competitive chess however, you are under time pressure, you have to make that move or you run out of time. Talking about greater morality in war is as easy as talking about "the best move" in chess. You really have to wonder if in the search for the "greater morality" as it is in "the best move" the sands of time are working against you. If this is not the best move, despair gets you nothing but a quick exit, and a loss is not a simple decrease in your FIDE rating, the price you pay later may be much higher than what is asked for now. In real chess as in life and war, you can't take back a move. This is real life. You are here now and the question is : what will you do? Do you pack up, leave, and create a human tragedy of a scale equivalent to Vietnam after the americans leave? Where is the morality in that?

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