Arguments for ground war - forget it

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>Of course the war was not legitimate. Of course in a world in which 
>>there are such inequalities of wealth and power, a counterattack 
>>was illegitimate.
>
>So we should have gone to visit the homes of the dishwashers at 
>Windows on the World killed on September 11, and told their wives, 
>husbands, and children that "Because the United States is a rich and 
>powerful country, it would be illegitimate to take any steps to 
>force the Taliban to hand over those responsible for this atrocity, 
>and illegitimate to take any steps to reduce Al-Qaeda's ability to 
>commit a similar atrocity again?"
>
>Somehow I don't think so.
>
>Brad DeLong

I doubt that anyone, whether s/he is for or against the war, has 
visited "the homes of the dishwashers at Windows on the World," 
except some of their kin, friends, neighbors, & perhaps bill 
collectors.
-- 
Yoshie

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