Local Tyrants and the American Empire Re: Arguments for ground war - forget it

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>>>I don't care what Osama & the
>>>>Taliban have done, killing innocent Afghans (which this war is doing) is
>>>>wrong.
>>>
>>>But this principle gets you nowhere: Allowing the Taliban with 
>>>their guns to rule over and terrorize people is also wrong. Which 
>>>wrong do you try hardest to avoid, and why?
>>>
>>>Brad DeLong
>>
>>Local tyrants who fell out of favor with the American Empire, with 
>>all their brutality and cruelty, are better antagonists of the 
>>masses than the American Empire and its new lackeys, for the simple 
>>reason that the latter have bigger guns & more ammunitions and are 
>>thus harder for the masses to overthrow and expel.
>
>As applied to the Taliban and the Northern Alliance, that's the most 
>sadistic thing I've heard this month.
>
>Brad DeLong

It is self-defeating to prefer living under guys with bigger guns & 
more ammunitions to living under guys with smaller guns & fewer 
ammunitions.
-- 
Yoshie

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