Comments on: War is not the Answer http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/07/15/war-is-not-the-answer/ "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."-Teddy Roosevelt Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:35:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Diva Jood http://sirenschronicles.com/2008/07/15/war-is-not-the-answer/#comment-6834 Diva Jood Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:27:21 +0000 http://sirenschronicles.com/?p=2441#comment-6834 We are mired in the biggest muck - quite terrifying when you think back at all the examples we've had about this kind of war. It's funny, back when I was a freshman in high school, 1962, President Kennedy sent advisors to Vietnam - and there I was, a little bit of a shy, gawky teen, who only wanted to paint and write stories - I told all my friends we should not be doing that, going into Vietnam. Everyone thought I was some kind of Trotskyite. I was opposed to that war before it became a war; and I am not a pacifist - there are times when force does become necessary - fighting Germany in WWII, that was necessary. Wars of choice - such as Nam, or Iraq, or Afghanistan - those are wrong under every concievable thread of reasoning. War should not be a choice, like "should I buy this car, or a new house, or get a dog?" Diva Joods last blog post..<a href="http://journeyswithjood.blogspot.com/2008/07/banality-in-age-of-mechanical.html" rel="nofollow">Banality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction</a> We are mired in the biggest muck - quite terrifying when you think back at all the examples we’ve had about this kind of war. It’s funny, back when I was a freshman in high school, 1962, President Kennedy sent advisors to Vietnam - and there I was, a little bit of a shy, gawky teen, who only wanted to paint and write stories - I told all my friends we should not be doing that, going into Vietnam. Everyone thought I was some kind of Trotskyite. I was opposed to that war before it became a war; and I am not a pacifist - there are times when force does become necessary - fighting Germany in WWII, that was necessary. Wars of choice - such as Nam, or Iraq, or Afghanistan - those are wrong under every concievable thread of reasoning. War should not be a choice, like “should I buy this car, or a new house, or get a dog?”

Diva Joods last blog post..Banality in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

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