The Problem, Revisited
Obviously 9/11 required some response. Our sandbox logic told us that response would have to be a military one. Symbolic revenge and all. We had to go blow some shit up. But, that doesn't mean there weren't other possible better ways to deal with the problem.Am I arguing that on balance I think the Afghanistan war was "wrong?" Honestly, I don't even know enough to answer that question.
Un-bee-leivable.
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Yet, Atrios later write, "Opposition to the war in Afghanistan was in fact a legitimate position, even if it was the wrong position...." His language is awkward, true enough. And he distinguishes between justifying a war and justifying the way the administration went to war. However, he doesn't clarify what it is about the way the administration went to war that has given him doubts.
Posted by: Tx bubba | December 7, 2004 09:08 PM