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Old 11-21-07, 12:29 PM   #36 (permalink)
Tashah
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Re: I really dont care about Darfur

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Tashah,

While I have no doubt about the good intentions of those who hold dissenting positions on the issue of whether to intervene to thwart genocide, I have to say that you hit the proverbial nail on the head. It is no accident that repetition has been a common theme of the historic experience.
Don,

The Iraq argument is even stranger still. If the international community lacks the ethical fortitude to prevent or terminate genocidal activity, it also surrenders the ethical inertia to mitigate conventional military adventures.
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