No Surprise at Rumors of New Atrocities by Our 'Foot-Soldiers'

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Nathan Newman" <nathan at newman.org>
>
>I have little pacificist impulse, other than the pragmatic view that
>violence is an uncertain and usually wayward tool in pursuing most 
>political
>objectives.  Where war can achieve just ends, I support it.  But most of 
>the
>time, it fails miserably with unexpected consequences that come back to 
>bite
>you later.  Hate breeds hate, violence breeds violence -- not always but
>consistently enough to make me cautious in its deployment.

I have a very well-developed pacifist impuslse, thank you, but I certainly 
remain open to the notion that -- yes, yes, WWII -- a just war can exist.  
In my lifetime, though, I have never seen anything remotely approximating a 
just war.

Carl

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