tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post4426614044729489989..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Preparing the Waygileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-32786882972433681752008-09-13T00:39:00.000-05:002008-09-13T00:39:00.000-05:00Possibly the terrorists and those who harbor them ...Possibly the terrorists and those who harbor them simply experienced what the WWII Japanese Admiral Yamamoto was coined to have stated after Pearl Harbor, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." Whether or not Admiral Yamamoto actually ever stated those words or recorded them in his diary…I believe the point is<BR/>relevant here. The last time was Pearl Harbor and the result Hiroshama. This time the Twin Towers and the result Afghanastan. As to Iraq, when you boast and play the game in the wake of such periolous times as we experienced, you may just be called to account.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I am grateful for the man of resolve that George Bush proved to be who chose to do more than “nothing” in making America safer and I hope history vindicates him against some of the Monday morning quarterbacking. Of course, some mistakes are always a part of doing “something” versus “nothing”, and we can certainly learn from them but, one thing is certain; our commander in chief was not going to tolerate terrorism on our shores. So, to all the terrorists and those who harbor them, the battle was taken to their shores and, rightly so.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438078895136105067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-76669244727785087242008-09-12T23:15:00.000-05:002008-09-12T23:15:00.000-05:00So, while most would agree that the war in Iraq ha...<I>So, while most would agree that the war in Iraq has not been conducted effectually, the deposing of the Taleban and of the Ba'athists clearly fall under the definition of a "just war."</I><BR/><BR/>Neither conflict falls under the cover of constitutionality, though. Congress should have passed declarations of war, the President should have signed them, and we should have set a concrete definition of "victory" in both Iraq and Afghanistan. We've been doing mostly nation-building in both nations for most of the time we've been over there. I do recall President Bush running on a foreign policy of no nation-building after Clintonian blunders in Somalia and the Balkans.Josh (the sexiest thing here)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06100631077875708484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-75617943458351573262008-09-11T09:53:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:53:00.000-05:00Allen: I think that you've articulated a widesprea...Allen: I think that you've articulated a widespread opinion--but it is certainly not the only way to understand the interminable conflicts in the Middle East. Indeed, it is entirely untrue that the cauldron of terror that Saddam created in Iraq was unconnected to either al-Qaeda or the terror attacks. And though he clearly faked his nuclear capabilities, weapons of mass destruction were both available to him and used by him--just ask the Kurds. The historical record is clear on these matters. So, while most would agree that the war in Iraq has not been conducted effectually, the deposing of the Taleban and of the Ba'athists clearly fall under the definition of a "just war."gileskirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-63421504083346670172008-09-11T09:26:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:26:00.000-05:00"If we do not do the running steadily in the littl..."If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis.”<BR/><BR/>Doing 'nothing' would have been better than waging an aggressive war against Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. Osama bin Laden is still at large and we have thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iragis dead. What a waste, and according to Nuremberg standards, what a crime.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371636085171917630noreply@blogger.com