Doug wrote:
- "Hey, the U.S. has killed a million Iraqis with sanctions, does that count?"
In relation to Kosovo, of course not.
In relation to the US's hypocritical foreign policy stance, of course it does.
Sadly, you think the bombing in Kosovo is linked to the bombing in Iraq,
that the two theatres must be brought into a master plan of consistency so
that there are no moral contradicitions, you demand the bombing stop until
a utopian order has given birth to itself; that bombs are only dropped by
the just for just purposes and that no bomb kills anybody. You assume I'm
blind to Iraq and US hypocricy, for if I had understood the Iraq situation
fully, I'd be outraged at the bombing in Kosovo.
Mr. Chase has explained the absurd logic here in an articulate and
approachable manner, I wish I had the same patience and skills, but in
lieu, the logic of building Iraq into the Kosovo equation is the same as
the old riddle about the three-legged dog which ends with the line:
"therefor all dogs have three legs" - Yes it does have an obtuse logic to
it. And the motto that peace and negotiation are better than war, therefor
"all wars must be solved by diplomacy", is the same dog logic shot to bits
by four-legged woofers and Milosevic respectively.
- "Who did kill tens of thousands of people, and how do you know that?"
I cannot say the toll is over 10,000 and you cannot say the toll is under
150,000. But what is the point of disputing the death toll when the next
ten years of digging won't get the real answer? You appear to dispute that
deaths are widespread. Are you dismissive of the assumption of cleansing?
I'm assuming the Serbians are repeating their Bosnian example.
I'm assuming the flood of refugees indicates a flight from horror.
I'm assuming the massed Serbian troops and gangs in Kosovo mean business.
I'm assuming tens of thousands of Kosovors have been killed.
You are assuming that the Serbia wants a peaceful and just solution.
You are assuming that diplomacy was not given a chance.
You are assuming a win win can be negotiated.
You are assuming hundreds of Kosovors have been killed.
I only wish that my expectations where utopian dreams.
Tony
- "Hey, the U.S. has killed a million Iraqis with sanctions, does that count?"
In relation to Kosovo, of course not.
In relation to the US's hypocritical foreign policy stance, of course it does.
Sadly, you think the bombing in Kosovo is linked to the bombing in Iraq,
that the two theatres must be brought into a master plan of consistency so
that there are no moral contradicitions, you demand the bombing stop until
a utopian order has given birth to itself; that bombs are only dropped by
the just for just purposes and that no bomb kills anybody. You assume I'm
blind to Iraq and US hypocricy, for if I had understood the Iraq situation
fully, I'd be outraged at the bombing in Kosovo.
Mr. Chase has explained the absurd logic here in an articulate and
approachable manner, I wish I had the same patience and skills, but in
lieu, the logic of building Iraq into the Kosovo equation is the same as
the old riddle about the three-legged dog which ends with the line:
"therefor all dogs have three legs" - Yes it does have an obtuse logic to
it. And the motto that peace and negotiation are better than war, therefor
"all wars must be solved by diplomacy", is the same dog logic shot to bits
by four-legged woofers and Milosevic respectively.
- "Who did kill tens of thousands of people, and how do you know that?"
I cannot say the toll is over 10,000 and you cannot say the toll is under
150,000. But what is the point of disputing the death toll when the next
ten years of digging won't get the real answer? You appear to dispute that
deaths are widespread. Are you dismissive of the assumption of cleansing?
I'm assuming the Serbians are repeating their Bosnian example.
I'm assuming the flood of refugees indicates a flight from horror.
I'm assuming the massed Serbian troops and gangs in Kosovo mean business.
I'm assuming tens of thousands of Kosovors have been killed.
You are assuming that the Serbia wants a peaceful and just solution.
You are assuming that diplomacy was not given a chance.
You are assuming a win win can be negotiated.
You are assuming hundreds of Kosovors have been killed.
I only wish that my expectations where utopian dreams.
Tony