On Selective Pacifism & other Oddities

[Bradford DeLong]

>Brad, no Afganis were involved as far was we know.
>
>On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:45:58PM -0800, Bradford DeLong wrote:
>>  >  On Selective Pacifism & other Oddities
>>  >
>>  >We can start out making this clearer perhaps by following the
>>  >principle of the UN law on this: No war except in self-defense
>>  >
>>  >This is on direct analogy to American legal rule on self-defense ,
>>  >which is that an individual , A, cannot use deadly force on another
>>  >individual , B, unless A is in reasonable fear of death or serious
>>  >bodily harm from B.
>>  >
>>  >I submit that the U.S. is and was not in reasonable fear of war from
>>  >Afghanistan.
>>  >
>>  >Charles
>>
>>  Where were you on September 11?
>>
>>
>>  Brad DeLong
>>  --
>
>--
>Michael Perelman

<sarcasm>
That's right. The Taliban were simply peacefully giving sanctuary to 
Osama bin Laden, a peaceful fellow Muslim who has been much put upon 
by nasty imperialists.
</sarcasm>

I cannot believe that you believe that the Taliban did not know what 
Al-Qaeda was, and what kinds of operations Al-Qaeda was planning.

Brad DeLong

--