tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post1426062718258309919..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: War with Iran: My OpinionsLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-65835146258555523532007-02-05T09:11:00.000-07:002007-02-05T09:11:00.000-07:00Gary,
Thanks for commenting. I think your point i...Gary,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. I think your point is important enough to address in a new post.<br /><br /><a href="http://barefootbum.blogspot.com/2007/02/iran-and-germany.html">Iran and Germany</a>Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-66618756384183419262007-02-05T08:11:00.000-07:002007-02-05T08:11:00.000-07:00Re your comment, "absent a blatant, obvious, unequ...Re your comment, "absent a blatant, obvious, unequivocal case for self-defense, war is always morally unjustified. If there is any reasonable doubt about an immediate threat, war is unjustified," which is a POV that Jimmy Carter also stated during the run-up to the Iraq war:<br /><br />I think that view is wholly irrational and contradictory to hard-won knowledge gained during the 20th century.<br /><br />Churchill and others were fully aware of the danger posed by the Nazis during a time frame when it would have been possible to take them out. At that time the Nazis simply did not have the military might to resist a preemptive attack.<br /><br />Had that occurred, it is very likely it would have saved something on the order of 40,000,000 deaths. Almost certainly tens of millions.<br /><br />Is the moral principle you stated above so high and pure that you would choose to have those deaths occur again in order to follow it?<br /><br />Or take another very simple and obvious example. Suppose there was a 75% chance that in five years, Iran was going to "wipe Israel off the map" with nuclear weapons. There would be "reasonable doubt about an immediate threat" -- precisely 25% in this example. But I don't think there would be much question that Israel would be justified in taking military action before those weapons existed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-49623371681208900662007-02-04T12:43:00.000-07:002007-02-04T12:43:00.000-07:00In case anyone's interested, I explain my reasons ...In case anyone's interested, I explain my reasons for taking the opposite position <a href="http://infidel753.blogspot.com/2007/02/iran-my-case-for-airstrike.html">here</a>.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-50778274821295917252007-02-04T10:18:00.000-07:002007-02-04T10:18:00.000-07:00Thanks for the tip; I've included the link in my l...Thanks for the tip; I've included the link in my latest post about Iran war news.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-74428353858556872962007-02-04T09:58:00.000-07:002007-02-04T09:58:00.000-07:00Full coverage of potential Iran war covered at Cru...Full coverage of potential Iran war covered at Crusade Media News;<br /><br />www.crusade-media.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com