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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: Dan B. who wrote (75030)	4/2/2006 6:37:56 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) of 81568

>>Noone would have to accept that Iran may have the right to preemptively strike the U.S., since we merely consider responding to a preexisting threat from Iran. Sometimes, it is simply true that one party or the other is objectively at fault, not both. Never will it be widely considered irresponsible to defend, when doing nothing ensures loss.<< Dan - If we create a political environment in which "hit before you get hit" is OK, then Iran is going to judge the situation from their own point of view, not yours. So will other countries who might consider us a threat to their security. They aren't going to say to themselves, "Well, we're objectively in the wrong here, so we'll just wait for the U.S. to strike us first." Striking first is not defense. And don't forget that what we were doing with respect to Iraq before Bush decided we had to go in with guns blazing wasn't "nothing". It's not as if "nothing" and "all out war" were the only possible options, even though that's how Bush consistently framed the argument. That was a classic "straw man" tactic on his part. Nobody ever suggested doing nothing. - Allen

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