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To: Bilow who wrote (16671)	1/17/2002 2:26:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>ineffective violence is immoral per se<< The use of force is immoral per se, unless you are doing it in self defense or in the defense of others. Even so, the use of force must be commensurate with the threat, and reasonably calculated to achieve the intended purpose. The argument against the blockade of Iraq is that it is not reasonably calculated to achieve the intended purpose. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but Hussein is more intransigent than we estimated. So why do we continue it? Because a sizeable component of the people in charge of US foreign policy argues that changing would be a sign of weakness. Kind of the same reason we stayed in Viet Nam, and various other situations, well past the point of objective reasonableness. It takes a lot of guts to say, "we goofed." And maybe the people who don't want to admit mistakes because it would encourage our enemies have a point. At any rate, nobody seems willing to debate the point in public right now.