It would be interesting to know how many of those who thought
pre-emptive war for regime change a lesser evil than the continuation
of that regime under those conditions have subsequently changed their
minds, at least to the point where they'd reckon it differently if the
question came up again.
I dimly remember a line from somewhere about two put-upon American
high-school kids expressing their disappointment with the character of
the Columbine killers. It went something like: we wanted righteous
avengers and champions of the downtrodden, and instead we got those
pea-brained fascist egomaniacs.
Dominic
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