I take your points, Dominic, & the only one I was making was that both
seem to be 'enduring,' as some of the US titles for their battles come
right out & state. If I agree with you, & I certainly do about the ways
in which the victims of a terrorist attack have no choice in the
matter, I still think that those who are against 'Bush&Blair' are right
in seeing these two as the representatives of a policy terribly wrong &
perhaps deliberately (if not wholly conscious) intended to remove many
of the freedoms this war is supposedly being fought to preserve. Not to
mention that, as you said, it has also, so far, done exactly the
opposite of what it's supposed to achieve.
I'd like to agree with Lawrence here, but, in the face of the terrorist
attacks (though not necessarily those in occupied countries [although
what the Taliban represent as an 'insurgency' is appalling]), I can't
but take your points to heart.
Still, both wars seem to be working against democracy rather than for
it.
Doug
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