[lbo-talk] Three Kings

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Sat Apr 12 10:38:29 PDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Thiago Oppermann" <thiago_oppermann at bigpond.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Three Kings


> Would, could,maybe this maybe that - it's a modal puzzle from hell, which
> leaves me feeling that we should stick to the more obvious causal chains.
An
> uncle might kill a nephew: that's no argument for murdering members of the
> family indiscriminately. A slim but live possibility thus must be
considered
> less important than a real and grotesque course of action. Helping Saddam
> back on his feet in 92 and then applying sanctions, in my view, was
> completely unforgivable. And in my book, it becomes worse, not better, if
> after twelve years we decide it was all a mistake anyway and go invade.

Yes. And I don't think one can overlook the "unfinished business" angle as a possible motivation for the current intervention... recall W. talking about how Saddam tried to kill his daddy,

-- Luke



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