James--- Again, not bad but...
1. The United Nations had the opportunity to condemn the action, but did not take it. Therefore, it has implicitly sanctioned the action.
2. I will not repeat...
3. If the situation were as I said, we picked the right side.
4. Italy was an ally during World War One, and that did not prevent us from invading in altered circumstances.
5. I agree with point five.
For the other set:
1. As I've said, they were massing for such an action anyway, and after Bosnia we had reason to expect a humanitarian catastrophe.
2. I agree that we botched things with the Russians.
3. I tried, in my points, to outline the reasons for NATO to intervene, and therefore why this was not a "blank check" on intervention. I will refer you back to that post.
4. The cost is fairly modest, as these things go, and it all depends on whether or not it is a justified intervention. If so, the cost is no great matter. |
