Posted by Mitchell on September 27, 2001, at 22:27:03
In reply to Re: Evil?, posted by susan C on September 27, 2001, at 20:46:31
A better reason for a military action would be to prevent people from attacking our homeland, and to enforce internationally accepted rules of war that prohibit attacks on civilian targets. This talk about the the U.S. in a war of good vs. evil is inflammatory, and will almost certainly be viewed by much of the world as a new pinnacle in hypocrisy.
"When objects are used concurrently for civilian and military purposes, they are liable to attack if there is a military advantage to be gained from their attack," US Department of Defense, Conduct of the Persian Gulf War, Final Report to Congress, USGPO 1992 pg. 613
Not that the Christian Bible is the final word on anything, but Mr. Bush seems to use it as the source for his knowledge of good and evil, so it is instructive to review the Bible's chapter 1 lesson on good and evil:
"The Lord God planted a Garden eastward in Eden … And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
"And the Lord God said, 'Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat it, you shall surely die.' And the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die. God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be open and you will be like God knowing good and evil.'"
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