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
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> ----- 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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