What is the moral course

[lweiger at umich.edu]

> >This is the most ridiculous post of the week,
> >but it's only Thursday.
> >
> >mbs
>
> How so?  JH seems to me a fount of eminent good sense on this issue. The
> aim here should be to break the cycle of violence, not to engage in
> mindless vengence-seeking or to continue to underwrite Israel's delusive
> worldview.
>
> Carl

The reason that this attack occured is not rooted merely in the disastorous 
foreign policy of the US.  The reactionaries that appear to have perprated 
this act are several notches lower on the totem pole of morality, which is 
exactly why Soviet imperialism (and that's what it was) in Afghanistan was 
justified.

Perhaps I should reformulate the question: how can the US deter future acts 
of horrific terrorism without exacting more casualties than any action 
would prevent?  Complete capitulation would seem to invite more terrorism. 
Should we accept terrorism as the price for doing what's ultimately right?

-- Luke