EVERY war has atrocities and horror, regardless of who is involved, whether its a justifiable war, etc.. Thats what James sings about. ie. war always involves 1) the presence of evil .. 2) good men standing idle when they could have instead {at risk to themselves} intervened .. 3) civilian carnage and terror. Loose Tongue proudly represents the useful idiots who point out the obvious basic criticisms of war, but lack a non- emotional (ie. logical) alternative. Being overly self-critical, holding hands and praying to your god, sticking the head in the sand, etc. wont cut it ... take that leap of faith with YOUR family, but the appeasement approach doesnt work when it comes to my loved ones! (ever deal with a schoolyard bully?) Milosevic was ethnic-cleansing, and the US got involved to help stop it (while most of Europe stood by). Saddam was/had been ethnic cleansing as well, not to mention shooting @ US jets enforcing no- fly zones, and {at minimum} misleading the UN re: whether he had truly destroyed his KNOWN WMD programs AS REQUIRED by MULTIPLE UN MANDATES. So what is worse - - entering into war knowing it will produce casualties? ... or standing by until FORCED into it, which invariably leads to exponentially greater casualties? The former trumps the latter. WWII should have proved that to everyone but the willfully blind. Diplomacy is vital, and war always sucks because of the pain and death it causes... but every act of war is not universally wrong if it prevents greater pain in the long run.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:06:52 +0000
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