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Re: My Concession (for John mostly)
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:18:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> The 'Coalition of the willing' is *trying* to 'fight the good
> fight'--*trying* to stay on the moral high ground.
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> SH, et al, have no such compunction.
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> My point has always been that we don't always follow our ideals when they're
> "inconvenient". SH, as it seems via the media, doesn't even try.
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> That's my concession.
Along those lines:
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-hillyer033103.asp
I opposed getting into this war but now that we're in it I want to win.
Unlike some here, I suspect, who would delight in an American defeat.
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| (...) That's just being a pro-war accomplice after the fact. Sorry, no previous moral opposition gives anyone moral safety to now just go ahead and support this great evil. No one would delight in american defeat -- that's madness. I presume defeat (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) An American defeat is not an option (1); but the victory may be Pyrrhic if this thing goes on through the Summer and/or with an ever increasing rate of casualties - in many ways, that could be even worse than a defeat. :-/ Pedro (1) - Really, (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | My Concession (for John mostly)
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| The 'Coalition of the willing' is *trying* to 'fight the good fight'--*trying* to stay on the moral high ground. SH, et al, have no such compunction. My point has always been that we don't always follow our ideals when they're "inconvenient". SH, as (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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