Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces - David
War in the Blathersphere - What is to be Said?
by Michael Neuman, a professor of philosophy at Trent University
I thought his piece on Hezbollah as a humanitarian organization was good. I didn't link to it for fear that the rationale behind the Swiftian premise (bombing for humanitarian reasons sux) might be missed.
Do you mean this one on Humanitarian Intervention?
He does quite a critique on Michael Ignatieff, one of the front runners for the leadership of the Liberal party in Canada.
Yes. "Hizballah's raid on Israel may have sparked the current conflict in Lebanon, but it is also a very plausible case of humanitarian intervention. In the first place, it was apparently intended to help the Palestinians in the occupied territories, who certainly could use some help. For over thirty years they have been under Israel's tyranny..." etc
He's being deliberately outrageous. The real purpose of the piece is to challenge the liberal hawk idea that so-called enlightened countries have a duty to cross sovereign borders and stop civil conflicts wherever they arise. It was that crap that gave Bush "bipartisan cover" to go in and bomb the shit out of Iraq.
And there wasn't even a conflict in Iraq. Just a miserable dictatorship. There is one now, though.
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Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Graces - David
War in the Blathersphere - What is to be Said?
by Michael Neuman, a professor of philosophy at Trent University
- L.M. 8-04-2006 1:35 am
I thought his piece on Hezbollah as a humanitarian organization was good. I didn't link to it for fear that the rationale behind the Swiftian premise (bombing for humanitarian reasons sux) might be missed.
- tom moody 8-04-2006 1:44 am
Do you mean this one on Humanitarian Intervention?
He does quite a critique on Michael Ignatieff, one of the front runners for the leadership of the Liberal party in Canada.
- L.M. 8-04-2006 1:48 am
Yes. "Hizballah's raid on Israel may have sparked the current conflict in Lebanon, but it is also a very plausible case of humanitarian intervention. In the first place, it was apparently intended to help the Palestinians in the occupied territories, who certainly could use some help. For over thirty years they have been under Israel's tyranny..." etc
He's being deliberately outrageous. The real purpose of the piece is to challenge the liberal hawk idea that so-called enlightened countries have a duty to cross sovereign borders and stop civil conflicts wherever they arise. It was that crap that gave Bush "bipartisan cover" to go in and bomb the shit out of Iraq.
- tom moody 8-04-2006 1:56 am
And there wasn't even a conflict in Iraq. Just a miserable dictatorship. There is one now, though.
- tom moody 8-04-2006 1:58 am