03-14-2004, 05:40 PM
You'd have to have read an argument we had long ago where I said "The sanctions (on essentials, not the sanctions on weapons or WMD paraphenalia) are killing people at a horrifying rate, and are affecting Saddam little or none. Let's stop this, and re-evaluate what we have to do, because this is clearly both inhuman and innefective."
But, apparently, the fungial nature of aid meant that anything less than a total blockade was bound to be innefective, and we were tied into invading him again, just letting him go on his merry way without any particular action, or continuing the total sanctions. I thought there might have been a more humane way to deal with the situation, but I suppose we'll never know now.
But, yes, I am actually quite nonchalant about killing babies. It seems to be a pretty common function of foreign policy, and if you want to talk about international politics without getting hysterical, you've got to get over your squeamishness.
Jester
But, apparently, the fungial nature of aid meant that anything less than a total blockade was bound to be innefective, and we were tied into invading him again, just letting him go on his merry way without any particular action, or continuing the total sanctions. I thought there might have been a more humane way to deal with the situation, but I suppose we'll never know now.
But, yes, I am actually quite nonchalant about killing babies. It seems to be a pretty common function of foreign policy, and if you want to talk about international politics without getting hysterical, you've got to get over your squeamishness.
Jester