sherman said 'war is hell' and he made sure it was, too

[jazzfish]

How Did I Get It Right?: "[T]here were some reasons to believe that I might make a serious error on the question of the Iraq War. In fact, however, I was barely tempted; for a very long time I could hardly even bring myself to believe that people were seriously proposing something so self-evidently stupid."

I still have trouble believing that myself. From my mostly news-inured perspective in late 2002 and early 2003 it was inconceivable that anyone might think it was a good idea to go to war with a country that posed no threat to us ("WMD" is adequately mocked in the linked post, if indeed there can be adequate mockery for something so patently ridiculous), and whose fifth-rate military was still sufficient to screw up my eighth-grade year a decade ago. I have never, ever, gotten a satisfactory answer for "why are we doing this?" from anyone.

But then, I'm a dirty hippie, and I've been opposed to military intervention in nearly all forms since early September 1990. I mean, I even thought invading Afghanistan in late '01 was a bad call. So what do I know?

Comments

Re: "... we must climb the mountain of conflict."

[skreidle]

Personally, I liked the response of "Cho bought his guns legally, from gun shops, and brought them where firearms weren't permitted, and killed people--therefore, we need to change the rules for gun shows, and strengthen laws against straw purchases, and continue to disallow guns where they already weren't allowed."