I use "we" because I'm a citizen of one of those superpowers.. Feel free to
include yourself in the plural, or not. Heh.
Wars are always going to be warlike.. Some of them are fought for more
"human" reasons than others. People tend to get shot no matter what, though.
--Wilson.
At 11:03 AM 8/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
>On Friday, August 18, 2000 10:12 PM Wilson wilson@supremetyrant.com wrote:
> > >My point with my comment was not everyone on this list should become a
> > >libertarian. It was just a lament on the fact that almost everyone who
>has
> > >responded to me on the Kosovo War has been for it. Not one other here
>has
> > >spoken against it -- at least, not to my recollection. And at least two
> > >people have given it their thumbs up. I find that rather strange because
>I
> > >bet on any other list, on this topic, I'd find people who vary on that.
> >
> > I can't speak for anyone else, but I didn't reply because I had already
> > stated my opinion on the subject many times before (not on this list,
>though.)
> > I don't think that we (the economic superpowers)
>
>There's that plural again!:)
>
> > have a mandate to
> > interfere with the affairs of other countries when they don't threaten the
> > life and livelihood of our citizens.
>
>And again!:)
>
> > I can think of a thousand better
> > things to spend my tax dollars on than shooting eastern Europeans when
> > they're perfectly happy to shoot each other for free.
> > That's not a particularly humanitarian sentiment, but I never suggested
> > that I was a humanitarian..
>
>I don't disagree with your position about staying out of such wars.
>
>Even so, I would state too that the label "humanitarian" does not make a war
>any less warlike. It should also be noted that almost every war that has
>been fought is always justified by any side in it as being right and just.
>"Humanitarian" is just a new bottle used to sell the same old wine.
>
>Daniel Ust
>http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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