Comments on: Power and Responsibility http://www.messofthedamned.org/2005/02/11/power-and-responsibility/ Re Vera, Potas Bene Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: bp http://www.messofthedamned.org/2005/02/11/power-and-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-365 bp Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:19:18 +0000 http://control-access5.com/~rader/2005/02/11/power-and-responsibility/#comment-365 No arguments here. I think I was mostly lamenting the refusal to declare war in the modern age. War is no less necessary now than it has been at any point in human development - we've just all become cowards about it. There are times - this not necessarily one of them - where war is an unabashedly good thing. The fact that war is nearly always the least palatable of the available options does not mean that it isn't a good idea nonetheless. No arguments here. I think I was mostly lamenting the refusal to declare war in the modern age. War is no less necessary now than it has been at any point in human development – we’ve just all become cowards about it.

There are times – this not necessarily one of them – where war is an unabashedly good thing. The fact that war is nearly always the least palatable of the available options does not mean that it isn’t a good idea nonetheless.

]]> By: Chad http://www.messofthedamned.org/2005/02/11/power-and-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Chad Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:10:09 +0000 http://control-access5.com/~rader/2005/02/11/power-and-responsibility/#comment-364 Technically, Congress agreed to go to war only after the UN inspectors were finished. GW went to war weeks/months prior to the final report that showed no WMDs. So, our President, albeit technically, did go to war on his own. Technically, Congress agreed to go to war only after the UN inspectors were finished. GW went to war weeks/months prior to the final report that showed no WMDs. So, our President, albeit technically, did go to war on his own.

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