India's Leadership Bars Retaliation Against Muslims
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the terrible train bombings in Mumbai was the quick action of India's political leadership to head off retaliation against Muslims which in past incidents has led to killing of hundreds of innocent Muslims.
Pretty obviously any terrorist can launch an attack in virtually any country. One aim of such horrors is precisely to goad 'enemies' into retaliatory attacks against innocents. We so responded after 9/11 in the U.S. with our cruel jailing of Muslims and with two wars -- one against the base of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but the other against Iraq for reasons that still remain murky.
Israel is tragically, IMHO, allowing itself to be goaded into over reactions against Palestinians in response to the Gaza attacks and against the Lebanese at the instigation of Hezbollah.
We need more sophistication on the part of our political leadership along the lines of that India has just manifested. We must stop launching wars stupidly at the behest of random terrorists whose aim is precisely to goad us into such self-defeating responses.
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
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Pretty obviously any terrorist can launch an attack in virtually any country. One aim of such horrors is precisely to goad 'enemies' into retaliatory attacks against innocents. We so responded after 9/11 in the U.S. with our cruel jailing of Muslims and with two wars -- one against the base of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but the other against Iraq for reasons that still remain murky.
Israel is tragically, IMHO, allowing itself to be goaded into over reactions against Palestinians in response to the Gaza attacks and against the Lebanese at the instigation of Hezbollah.
We need more sophistication on the part of our political leadership along the lines of that India has just manifested. We must stop launching wars stupidly at the behest of random terrorists whose aim is precisely to goad us into such self-defeating responses.
--
"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
--
Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggernews.net
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