[extropy-chat] Re: Iraq and legality again

[Mike Lorrey]

--- John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:

> "c c" <beb_cc at yahoo.com>
> 
> > a liar known as FDR skillfully manipulated the US into WWII.  
> 
> I don't know if that is true, but if it is then three cheers for FDR.

The same was done by Wilson to get us into WWI, and we were manipulated
into the Spanish American war by Hearst, Truman got us into the Korean
War because he emaciated our military after WWII, which encouraged
Stalin and Kim to invade South Korea, while Johnson engineered the
Tonkin Gulf incident.

What is more important than who manipulated or lied to get us into a
war, is whether more good came out of the war than not. Did the human
condition improve in any way? The march of democracy and individual
liberties around the planet in the 20th century is testament that for
the most part, the human condition did improve, and often required
combat to punctuate the equilibrium of tyranny previously established.
It has cost us the mortgaging of America and the fractional slavery of
every citizen to the government. Whether that sacrifice is truly
considered by those who benefitted from the sacrifice more is worthy of
debate, but neither should the results be denied.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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