"Certain blood was being shed for certain reasons.
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It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make a war without knowing why.
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You can't fix your mistakes. Once people are dead, you can't make them undead."
--Tim O'Brien
U.S. veteran of Vietnam, writer
President Shrub, do you really know why you made this stupid war? Wasn’t it a British Prime Minister who said something like, "I don't intend to preside over the collapse of the British Empire," yet wound up doing just that? This man, who should never even have been allowed on the ticket of a presidential primary, are we going to allow to him to be the one who preside over the collapse of this nation? If not preside, at least push us to the tipping point? Are we going to stand by and countenance this loss, these losses?
How many dead--U.S., Iraqi, British, and all the others--have died and will continue to die as you continue to pit them more and more against each other? My grandson, John, will be sent to Bagdad in February, to serve your vile non-purpose. Whether it is my grandson, granddaughter, or your nephew or cousin, or family friend, or some Iraqi mother’s child, once they are dead, Shrub Bush, you can't make them undead.
[I am indebted to Mollie Ivins for the epithet, “Shrub”]
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I's it ever justifiable to fight? Is it ever noble to kill to protect the life of another?
Justification for fighting can always be found, as can justification for war.
Whether it is right or noble is a different question.
Yes, fighting is often an/the appropriate response, not only to defend someone else, but in many other situations. But there are many ways to fight. This blog is one of them. Here, I am a word sniper, fighting the war mentality, a mentality historically proven to be ineffective in the long run.
Again, when it comes to defending the life of someone, there are many ways to defend, many ways to protect, besides killing. Certainty beyond intentional, deliberate killing of the assailant.
Justification for fighting can always be found, as can justification for war.
Whether it is right or noble is a different question.
Yes, fighting is often an/the appropriate response, not only to defend someone else, but in many other situations. But there are many ways to fight. This blog is one of them. Here, I am a word sniper, fighting the war mentality, a mentality historically proven to be ineffective in the long run.
Again, when it comes to defending the life of someone, there are many ways to defend, many ways to protect, besides killing. Certainty beyond intentional, deliberate killing of the assailant.
Alex,
I hit the publish button a few seconds too soon. I just want to thank you for your responses.
Keep thinking, and writing.
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