tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post114554981890134019..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145752179077912742006-04-22T20:29:00.000-04:002006-04-22T20:29:00.000-04:00We can of course work to improve our relationship ...We can of course work to improve our relationship with the entity with the most influence there, namely China. Perhaps embarrassing their leader during a visit is not the way to go; perhaps recklessly borrowing money from them is not the way to go; perhaps pissing on our painfully-earned honor at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo is not the way to go; perhaps talking about first use of nukes against rilkefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189347779617969628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145703594320605202006-04-22T06:59:00.000-04:002006-04-22T06:59:00.000-04:00You're absolutley right, X. But I think we've got...You're absolutley right, X. But I think we've got little hope that we can reason with KJI. War is not really an option in this case, but even if it were everything else should be tried first.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145674714480850722006-04-21T22:58:00.000-04:002006-04-21T22:58:00.000-04:00Been there, done that. See above.Been there, done that. See above.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145667435544122752006-04-21T20:57:00.000-04:002006-04-21T20:57:00.000-04:00You know we don't have to begin dealing with by at...You know we don't have to <I>begin</I> dealing with by attacking or invading them. Bothering to care about what's going on over there would be a nice start.Alexander Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145589629989156042006-04-20T23:20:00.000-04:002006-04-20T23:20:00.000-04:00Oh, I never hear much unless the stakes are low. ...Oh, I never hear much unless the stakes are low. I do appreciate the nobility of your buffer, sir. I'd welcome a firestorm, or any discussion whatsover, seeing 1950 through 21st century eyes, because what we did in Korea could not happen today. We could discuss principles without the heat of current issues, and mebbe shed a little light, about what we feel, what we value, and what is true.<BR/>Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145578862339316742006-04-20T20:21:00.000-04:002006-04-20T20:21:00.000-04:00Well, let me get in a non-pontificatory comment no...Well, let me get in a non-pontificatory comment now, since yours might unleash a firestorm...<BR/><BR/>I think you make a great point here ("History seldom reveals its alternatives, but it has in this case...").<BR/><BR/>I think that standing up to tyranny is very rarely the wrong thing to do, and that force is very often required, and that lots and lots of deaths are sometimes inevitable.<BR/><Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1145565099242576092006-04-20T16:31:00.000-04:002006-04-20T16:31:00.000-04:00It makes me think of the 30,000 US combat deaths a...It makes me think of the 30,000 US combat deaths and the billions spent to win and maintain the freedom of the South Koreans, who now live in peace and prosperity and seem pretty ungrateful about it.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" REL="nofollow">Another one down the memory sinkhole.</A> (I myself know little about it except what I've dug up in a recent fit of Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com