July 12, 2005
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Fun and fun. I'm having a nice exchange over on Jay Reding's blog. It really does amaze me that people still think Bush's position of pre-emption is a good and current policy.
Jay trotted out the old argument "Oh, so you think the Iraqi people would be better off under Saddam, eh?"
This argument is getting so old now. We'll never know now, will we? Since Bush decided to level the country to rubble and put us in a totally untenable situation.
Do I think they'd be better off than the current situation? I don't know, it's pretty bad. Do I think there were better ways of doing it than Bush's 'shoot now, make plans later' scenario? Absofuckinglutely.
Reinforces my latest summary of US politics:
- Liberals think, then act.
Conservatives act, then justify.
Think about that a bit, and you'll find it applies to just about every Left vs Right argument going on, particularly as it applies to foreign policy.
Posted by dbs at July 12, 2005 3:24 PM
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The standard response to the old Saddam argument is: Oh you poor naive soul. This had nothing to do with the Iraqi people. The question is, do I think that the US was more in control of Iraq's oil supply under Saddam? And the answer has to be "yes".
Posted by: phi at July 12, 2005 6:17 PM