Re: Just Say Know

unfortunately, will, at no time in human history has peace ever led to a
peaceful world. We've only had peace when one nation, in its strength,
dominated all rivals completely and maintained power for a sustained period
of time. In the 20th century the "one nation" was substituted for "allied
nations," and specifically western colonizing nations, but the principle is
still the same.

That being said, I don't think this is a desirable situation either. And I
think other options _always_ need to be explored first.

But I would like to point out that while it could be said the US, for
example, provoked the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, no western power
provoked the Iran-Iraq war or Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The guy is an
aggressor all on his own.

Jim

Will Hochman wrote:

> Jim, though not as convinced as you are of Hussein's "weapons of mass
> destruction," I can imagine him unleashing them if we initiate war. I
> do agree with your point about building a coalition, and yes, there
> are times to realize that innocents will die and military action may
> decrease such death. But I don't think the problem with pacificsm is
> that it excludes such "necessary" action. The problem is with people
> who can't create better ways to resolve problems than shoot at each
> other. We can argue about specific situations still needing military
> might, but how can we evolve as a societies and cultures when who has
> the biggest bombs defines who we are? Is there really a world need
> for a "super power"? Can we really sleep at night knowing Geoge Bush
> could "tactically" use a nuclear bomb if he felt threatened? How does
> our world improve if we accept such power and violence? Americans
> have shown the world over and over again that we can fight and fight
> well. How this fighting power has "stopped" fighting may be
> intelligently argued, but I'm now arguing that it is the wrong
> strategy because it ultimately leads to more fighting. It takes peace
> to build a peaceful world, will
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