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USA! USA!! USA!! Freedom, democracy and of course those exceptional values.
Now here come the bombs.
I'm off to bed early - this is too sad.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)attacked or kidnapped.
There is nothing exceptional about that.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Obama, knows that. I suspect you do as well.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)war.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)thinks that a nation can morally justify recourse to war against X on the mere grounds that X killed one of the citizens of that nation. That view would be laughed at.
drray23
(7,615 posts)Were we justified to declare war to japan after pearl arbor ? We lost 2400 lives there. Did that do it ?
World war 1 was started after archduke ferdinand was assassinated in sarajevo. One person..
Vattel
(9,289 posts)War can only be waged to defend the rights of the innocent, but there are many restrictions on what one can justifiably do even in defense of the innocent.
Mercy_Queen
(42 posts)President Obama has far more moral high-ground to stand on in this conflict. I support him 100%. He is the leader we should have had on 9/11.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Sad you can't see it. Maybe when you wake up and realize who lucky we are to have the President we have.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)that's what I just said in WillyT's thread.
qazplm
(3,626 posts)we are creating a broad coalition, using only our air power, and that equates to American exceptionalism???