tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post112958013945083915..comments2024-03-28T12:12:45.202-05:00Comments on Independent Country: The DivideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-1129582133078168952005-10-17T15:48:00.000-05:002005-10-17T15:48:00.000-05:00I would expand item #1 to include "respect the hum...I would expand item #1 to include "respect the human rights" of others by not gratuitously bombing them and such.<BR/><BR/>Item 2 usually comes up as part of an exercise of assessing costs and benefits or in the wake of a "you wouldn't have let Hitler slide, would you" comment. (I might have since I do not view the defeat of Hitler and the gift of half of Europe to Stalin as much of a victory.) <BR/><BR/>Item 3 doesn't come up much in my circle since we are usually arguing over the war itself and not who authorized it. Presidential war powers are a gross usurpation, but Congress has acquiesced in this.<BR/><BR/>Item 4 is problematic in that costs are always understated and putative benefits are often abstract.Vache Follehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942494955243643381noreply@blogger.com