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To: Alighieri who wrote (409413)	8/22/2008 7:51:30 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575627

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To: Alighieri who wrote (409413)	8/22/2008 10:32:58 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575627

Al, that's a heck of a "nuance." Self-defense isn't war. A convenient way to justify any war you believe in and still consider yourself "anti-war." Fine, I can claim that Iraq was also about "self-defense." Seems to have done a wonderful job preventing terrorists attacks on the homeland. Liberals are very good at leaving themselves "escape clauses" ... Tenchusatsu

To: Alighieri who wrote (409413)	8/22/2008 11:39:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575627

how can you support war, period? Do you actually deny that, sometimes, war is the most humane possible solution to a problem? We could certainly have chosen to allow Hitler to have his way with the rest of the world and there would have been no need for war. If we choose to stand idly by while a Pol Pot kills millions, are we doing the right thing? If Saddam Hussein's regime is causing the deaths of 5,000 innocent Iraqis monthly, plus wreaking havoc with America's ability to defend itself, as it was, are we somehow "better off" by avoiding war? Obviously, there are times when war solves problems that can't be solved any other way. You can argue about which times those are; but to make a blanket statement of not "supporting" war is foolish. That's not to say that we, as a society, have to LIKE war. But there are times where supporting war is the best possible outcome. Iraq was one of those times.