[lbo-talk] Re: A brave man

[John Thornton]

Self preservation at times. Where would FARC be without weapons? Perhaps 
the Kurds in north Iraq should disarm as well. You think life in Cuba would 
be better if they disarmed next week? What would happen if India destroyed 
all their weapons this summer? World peace would break out? In our current 
shitty predicament the military is indeed a necessary evil. More often than 
not the only way out of a shitty situation is to make the best shitty 
choice, not the ideal choice that would work in an ideal situation.

John Thornton


>On Friday, May 14, 2004, at 08:42  PM, Carl Remick wrote:
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>>The best that can be said for the military, I suppose, is that they are a 
>>necessary evil.
>
>Necessary for what, I wonder.
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>
>Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org