And yet, according to Lawrence, the neo cons are principled policy makers. Evidence shows that the organisation of 9/11 and some of the financing, can be traced to Pakistan wheras the majority of those credited with the undertaking were Saudi Arabian. 'Principled Neo Con policy' then produced an invasion of Afghanistan and two years later an invasion of Iraq. And Lawrence talks about righteous retribution of the type these terrorists will understand.
The sane amongst us saw US interests being served in the name of 'patient justice', justice of the type that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. If Lawrence or anyone else can identify the 'principles' that led to such madness then please tell the rest of us. I'm damn sure that three thousand deaths in New York have been ill served.
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>>Conversely, of course, there's the notion that American Principles,as understood by the American Conservatives, are actually met by dealing with a dictatoriship that shelters the very terrorists that everybody is supposed to be fighting.I think the principle is: avoid confrontations that can lead to all-out nuclear war. If we make too much trouble for Mush, he gets ousted and foam-mouthed loons get the bombs. Then we have to take those bombs out, before they might be used. Which leads to possible escalation. And so on.Surely you don't blame the US for that policy? Or would you prefer the morally upright mushroom cloud?------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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