Arguments for ground war - forget it

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>Brad DeLong wrote:
>>
>>>Thus to the extent that the case for the war was based on what 
>>>Al-Qaeda was about to do rather than what it had done, that case 
>>>seems somewhat weaker today than it seemed to me in 
>>>mid-September...
>>
>>So what conclusion do you draw from this? Bush made a mistake? That 
>>he's a liar and a war criminal? What?
>>
>>Doug
>
>*Somewhat* weaker only. And I don't see any way we can demand that 
>the Bushies have known back on 9/15 that there wasn't going to be 
>another strike...
>
>Brad DeLong

In this case, the burden of proof falls upon the U.S. government -- 
that is, it should have provided evidence that Afghanistan organized 
the 911 attacks _and_ was organizing another imminent strike, since 
force may be used in self-defense only in the event of an ongoing or 
imminent attack.
-- 
Yoshie

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