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Spin du jour

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Spin du jour
: This morning during the British war briefing, a reporter asked: “If Iraq was so unable to defend itself, was it really the threat to the world on which this war was predicated?” A fine reporter’s question. But it is built on a fallacy that, unfortuantely, we helped create: The threat to us — the threat of weapons of mass destruction — was not the sole or even primary cause of war. The threat to his own people is the moral cause with which we must grapple: Is it better to fight this war or to let his people suffer? That is the question you must answer when debating and analyzing this war. As his people are freed and as we hear their stories of life under Saddam, remember that they are the people we are trying to liberate, not us.

5 responses to “Spin du jour”

  1. jeanne a e devoto Avatar
    jeanne a e devoto

    I don’t think it’s even relevant. The threat posited was in the exotic weapons programs and their potential for use here, not the conventional forces. No one thought or said that the army (or the elite Republican Guard, the Special Republican Guard, or the Super-Dooper Special Republican Guard with Cheese) was a threat to America.
    It’s a question that rests on a false assumption. And, I suspect, not an honest one.

  2. W L Smith Avatar
    W L Smith

    > BM: “a fallacy that, unfortuantely, we helped create: The threat to us — the threat of weapons of mass destruction — was not the sole or even primary cause of war. The threat to his own people is the moral cause with which we must grapple: Is it better to fight this war or to let his people suffer?”

  3. stageleft Avatar
    stageleft

    The threat to us — the threat of weapons of mass destruction — was not the sole or even primary cause of war.
    Possibly you should go back and do a little reading up on the various statements made by G.W.B. and those around him leading up to this war – what happened to the U.S. Administration pre-emptive justicifations?

  4. Beer Bloke Avatar
    Beer Bloke

    Funny, I don’t remember reading anything about inspectors going in to look for atrocities being committed against the Iraqi people.
    Bugger me with a fish fork, I must have missed that one in the news!
    Something about handing of meapons of wass destruction (or something like that).
    Cheers

  5. Beer Bloke Avatar
    Beer Bloke

    Bugger! Must have had too many beers.
    That last sentence should have of course read…
    Something about handing over meapons of wass destruction (or something like that).
    Cheers

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