MASSACRE IN MEJA : murder by Serbs in Kosovo

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Mon May 10 21:33:02 PDT 1999



>>>I don't agree. Weapons should not be tools used to change minds, but for
>>>self-defense.
>>>
>>>Brett
>>
>>So U.S. intervention in World War II--definitely not in self-defense, and
>>definitely with the aim of changing the German military's mind about
>>whether it wanted to be ruled by Nazis--was unjustified?
>>
>>
>>Brad DeLong
>
>Germans were conducting genocide against the Jews, which under
>international law is a legitimate justification for intervention (although
>I'm not sure how much was known about the treatment of the Jews at the time
>the US entered WWII).
>
>Brett

Ah! Now I understand! Weapons should be used only in self-defense... unless you think is right to use them to change people's minds...



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