From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 22:09:10 MDT
--- Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com> wrote:
> I found the following article very interesting and
> straightforward about the real reasons for the war in Iraq and
> other foreign policy decisions of this administration. I will
> be very curious to see reactions to this and how many people
> believe this sort of policy is actually a good thing.
>
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/06/Worldandnation/_Neocons__espouse_pre.shtml
I don't think the article discusses any real reasons for the war.
Instead it describes the evolution of an attitude that has developed in
certain policy circles that the time has come to stop pussyfooting
about with tin pot thugs, and that all human beings deserve to live in
free and democratic societies.
My own opinions about the real reasons for this war, and any others to
follow are that there are several contingencies that need to be
prepared for:
a) a globally muscular China by mid-century challenging US dominance
militarily. By this time, the US will need to have most of the other
challenges to its leadership sewn up, with as large a resource base as
possible to deal with the threat of Chinese nationalism.
b) transhumanist technologies can only be safely developed if the
nations of the world are all peaceful and democratic nations of free
peoples. In a world of nanotech, AI, etc., low trust societies cannot
be permitted to exist. All human beings must grow up and learn to
rationally evaluate their own rational long term self interest. This
can only occur in free, high-trust societies.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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