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Politics and Pop Culture.
And occasionally informative, amusing, or bizzare non sequiturs.
Matt's in charge here, others can post.
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wTuesday, March 18, 2003 |
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The One Thing...
...that might make this war palatable.
We are going to invade another nation in clear defiance of international law, world opinion, democratic consensus and our own Constitution. That alone makes it wrong. Nothing can be done at this point to stop it. So what now? What comes next?
Some have advocated various forms of protest and nonviolence. While I respect and believe in those tools as a part of legitimate discourse in a democratic society, I do not think they are necessarily appropriate at this juncture. The war will be short, so any effort to stop it after it begins will be hampered by the fact that the war will be over. Or we'll be bogged down in a situation we can't leave. I thought protesting before a war might do something to prevent it. I never had a hope that Bush didn't want to kill Iraqi children, but I thought Carnahan might've listened to me (if you'll recall, I was arrested before the Senate voted). I now feel like David after his first kid with Bathsheba died. I still respect those who choose to continue more vocal dissent, I just don't think it'll do any good.
But one good thing can come out of this - we can establish a democratic state in the Middle East. Not in Iraq, or at least, not in most of it - but we can create Kurdistan. And we ought to, now with the Turks out of the picture.
posted by
Matthew Carroll-Schmidt at 12:36 PM
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