Wednesday, March 23, 2005

The Trends of the War

The pro-warriors are chortling that the "tipping point" has finally come in the war in Iraq.
(See here
here, and here for examples).
However, remember that they felt the same way February last year when the coalition fatality rate went down for a month. then came Fallujah.

The moral of the story is that if you truly believe that something is wrong (such as the war) don't let temporary events sway you. Yes, if Iraq is a prosperous, democratic society 5 years from now, that would refute or at least bring severely into question my beliefs. But to let one's principles be altered by day-to-day or even month-to-month events is not good.

I think that the war was a bad idea, and I am holding fast to that.

That is all.

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