Just war or not

[Jon Ford]

Good question, Mike--and it's one that all of us who are for peace
have to wrestle with. Something horrible was done Sep 11 many  innocent 
civilians and civil service employees, and in no way was it justifiable.The 
same is true of the current repulsive  and lethal anthrax attacks-- thank 
God I'm not a postal worker!
However, we are still free to oppose the current war effort as misguided, 
ineffectual as a fight against terrorism, and as likely to do more harm than 
good, both here and abroad,. Anyway, I would like to
hear what Roger has to say.

Jon


>From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@ando.pair.com>
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>Subject: Just war or not
>Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:06:49 -0600
>
>i keep on thinking about Roger's viewpoint.
>
>Roger,
>
>Am I right in understanding that you see NO
>significant difference between Viet Nam, an
>unjust colonialist war and other colonial
>wars, and the Afghan operation?
>
>In other words it seems like the WTC distaster
>never comes into your calculus. Those 2 buildings
>do not seem to be real to you nor the dead.
>Perhaps you believe "America" deserves what it
>got for its past iniquities (where "America"
>stands for corporate or entrepreneurial inquity)
>and the interests of American society consisting
>of 300 million actual people have no standing
>in the argument.
>
>Please advise.
>
>Mike
>


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