http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:03:25 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/28/211946.php#comment-6774 Atomic weapons? One minor problem. They didn't have them, they didn't have the technology to develop them, and they didn't have the technology to deliver them (all of which N. Korea has). The reason N. Korea hasn't used them is the same reason we had nothing to fear from Iraq having them. When you lob one (they had no chance of building a compact one - not in Husseein's lifetime) you give the target a return address. Terrorist minions commit suicide. You'll notice that Bin Lauden hasn't blown himself up. Hussein would send others to commit suicide, he won't do it himself. Also, the terrorist who blew up the Trade Center were armed with (gasp) box cutters! I don't think that they got them from Hussein. This could have been done without war. This is a war of choice, against a country which doesn't, and can't threaten us. This war is a Bush-league failure. 6774@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:03:25 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/28/211946.php#comment-6773 Atomic weapons? One minor problem. They didn't have them, they didn't have the technology to develop them, and they didn't have the technology to deliver them (all of which N. Korea has). The reason N. Korea hasn't used them is the same reason we had nothing to fear from Iraq having them. When you lob one (they had no chance of building a compact one - not in Husseein's lifetime) you give the target a return address. Terrorist minions commit suicide. You'll notice that Bin Lauden hasn't blown himself up. Hussein would send others to commit suicide, he won't do it himself. This could have been done without war. This is a war of choice, against a country which doesn't, and can't threaten us. This war is a Bush-league failure. 6773@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:02:06 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/28/211946.php#comment-6456 Yeah, poor poor Old Europe. No experience with preventive wars. Lots of experience with wars of conquest and annihilation, though. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of experience there. If only Washington were alive today, he would explain to us how immoral preventive war is. For it is far, far more moral to ignore our enemies' attempts to get hold of atomic weapons and allow them to launch a first strike from which we couldn't recover than to act first to prevent them from doing so. In any event, thank God we and Old Europe didn't act preemptively against Germany in the late 1930s! Can you imagine what Europe would be like today with all those Jews running around? 6456@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:56:54 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/28/211946.php#comment-6411 Poor, poor, deluded Old Europe. They have no experience with the doctrine of preventive war. None at all. They don't understand how utterly moral it is. They think somehow it could lead to bad things. Poor, poor, deluded Old Europe. 6411@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Mar 2003 05:11:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/28/211946.php#comment-6403 "Bonaparte seized power in a coup. Rather than abuse his power, Washington used it to nurture the ideals for which he and the country had fought so hard, and to insure that those same ideals became entrenched in the nation's government . Bonaparte used his power to garner greater glory for himself and for France by conquering his neighbors. " Hmmmm... Are you SURE that history doesn't repeat itself? Becoming a leader because of shady circumstances, using power for greater glory by conquering neighbors? Nope, can't see where that might be going on today... *walks away whistling* 6403@blogcritics.org Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:08:01 EST