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re: Intellectual integrity.
Davin L. — (archived)

Briefly, just responding to a few points:

tom wrote: "What 9/11 proved is that knowing the other guy is about to shoot is not that easy a proposition, which is where the concept of preemption became an issue. As many people have pointed out, you only get a smoking gun after it has been fired."

Possibly it did prove that, what it did NOT change is the basic notion of right and wrong. It is WRONG to lead a nation to war on false pretense. It is WRONG to attack for reasons that are false. These are fundamental moral truths. I am not swayed by arguments saying that it is not easy or safe to live in a way consistent with those moral truths. Since when has it been 'easy' to be the good guy, or 'safe' to be the good guy? Thats just how principles work, and I should NOT have to spell this out for you, a putative adult and self-professed christian. Doing good and godly deeds can and does get folks killed.

tom wrote: "What is pissing me off is trying to cook this up into a scenario where Bush, Blair, and the various intelligence forces knew damn well that Iraq had less than Saddam advertised, and lied about it.
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What is pissing me off is people like you claiming that Mr. Bush and Tony Blair are not morally and professionally responsible in this instance.

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