> Being blasted by our air force and artillery may
> affect their fates, even if I conceded that our
> intentions were good or the outcome of our
> interventions generally good. How about, they havea
> right to be free of our stupid mistakes? There are 4
> million dead in Indochina because (at the very best
> interpretation someone had the bright idea of saving
> the Vietnamese from Communism. Even if Communism was a
> bad idea, the saving was a worse one. I therefore do
> not accept annihilation for their own good of peasant
> societies with the overwhelming force of an advanced
> industrialized society as evidence of concern for
> their fates. I really want to shake you sometimes,
> Luke. I don't understand how someone so smart can be
> so dumb. Brad I understand. He's been socialized by
> tenure and the Clintons. What's your excuse? jks
Relax. I share your view. I just don't think our view is luminously true (i.e. you'd have to have your eyes closed not to believe it), or that it's the only defensible position.
-- Luke