FW: The anti-imperialism of fools

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Tue Jun 18 20:20:27 PDT 2002



> People have the right to defend themselves, overthrow tyrannical
> regimes under which they suffer, liberate their land from colonial
> occupation, and so on,

Perhaps, but governments and nations do not.


> Now, a question of means. Some means are justifiable; others are
> not. For instance, rape, torture, murders and mistreatments of POWs,
> attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, etc. are war
> crimes,

Such acts were committed during those wars you consider just. Remember Sherman's March? I can't think of any major war which didn't have such things.



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