[lbo-talk] 'shillin' with Al Franken

Michael Dawson mdawson at pdx.edu
Fri Mar 26 20:50:32 PST 2004


Luke, since you don't believe in law, tell us how you think Al Qaeda should be resisted.

You sound like you concur with Bush and (presumably) Kerry's pursuit of the current Israel-on-Steroids path. Do you?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] 'shillin' with Al Franken


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dawson -PSU" <mdawson at pdx.edu>
>
> > More directly: Have you heard of law, and do you believe in it? If
> > somebody is manufacturing illegal weapons, that somebody ought to be
> > arrested and tried in a court of law. If found guilty, they should be
> > sentenced to the appropriate prison term.
>
> Prior to Seth's post, I was actually thinking through some of the very
same
> points he brought up. It certainly seems that the US should've gotten
> approval from the UN, but I wonder why they never sought it (remember,
even
> Dubya wanted the UN's OK to invade Iraq). "Wag the dog" explanations
sound
> implausible to me, but perhaps I need to have my hearing checked.
>
> As to the question of whether I believe in the law--depends which law
you're
> talking about. No, I don't believe that international terrorists gangs
like
> Al Qaeda (actually, that's misleading; Al Qaeda was and perhaps still is
sui
> generis in terms of the threat they pose) should be dealt with in the same
> manner we handle domestic criminals. If that's what international law
> demands (I don't believe it does), then it needs amendment.
>
> -- Luke
>
>
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