[lbo-talk] The effect of drones

[Wojtek S]

WS: Easier said than done. By that logic the US should not go to war with
the Nazis. Or should let the southern slavocracy secede.  Plenty of folks
were in favor of that for various reasons.
My own position is more nuanced than moral platitudes a la Cox. I'm against
war, but I am also against warlords terrorizing people. I really don't know
what the right decision is, but I do know that farting into a chair in some
US Podunk and making ex cathedra pronouncements what is right or wrong
about situations thousands of miles away is definitely not my cup of tea.
Reserving judgment is probably the best one can do in such situations.
On Sep 28, 2012 1:04 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


>
> Perhaps if we could just get them to perceive the absurdity of "making war
> on unsavory characters."
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > [WS:] The right question to ask is not whether the use of this or that
> > technology is justified, but whether the war itself is justified.  My
> > sense is that the anti-war people correctly feel that opposing the war
> > in principle is not a very popular proposition when you fight unsavory
> > characters like al Qaeda or Taliban, so the change the subject and
> > oppose using a particular technology, which dove-tails with populist
> > sentiments (cf. water fluoridization or immunization of children
> > scares.)
>
> WS wholly misconceives the _purpose_ of anti-war activity, which is
> precisely to make _unpopular_ what is now popular! We have to bring large
> numbers of Americans to sharply oppose the U.S. making war on unsavory
> characters.
>
> Difficult? Yes? Possibly impossible at present? Probably. Necessary
> nevertheless to attempt? Yes.
>
> Carrol
>
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