BenevolentM -> RE: Why should we preserve Iran (11/7/2012 4:56:13 AM)
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Ok, let's take the opposite position and see what we get. Suppose Benghazi was a spontaneous event like some people currently suspect that Pearl Harbor was a spontaneous event. First of all, you would be taking a needless risk. A response that saved the life of the ambassador would have been optimal. Such an operation need not involve killing everyone. Such thinking is a wee bit extremist and disconnected. Ok, suppose there are no people out there who want to kill Americans for political reasons. Suppose if they do it is because some wrong had been done them and if you fail to continue the cycle of abuse the problem will end. Such thinking too is a wee bit extremist and disconnected, because people often go to war and kill each other over ideological differences that have nothing to do with any actual wrongs done them. An insult can be easily dismissed as the final straw and not the cause. The avalanche (I'm making a reference to chaos theory here) was inevitable. The final straw only determines the precise timing of the event, not whether the event will occur. Around election time the government is vulnerable to public opinion. But isn't the why things happen inherently mysterious and has no logic? If we do not exacerbate the matter, we will be alright. That would be true if your response to the situation was optimal which it was not. The response was one typical of an extremist, one that was entirely lacking in temperance. The rule is keep it small. It isn't be derelict in your duty. If dereliction of duty were a crime, it would suggest that the President is a criminal. Is dereliction of duty a crime?
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