Thursday, May 29, 2003

So What if There Are Now Weapons of Indiscriminate Slaughter?

So What if There Are Now Weapons of Indiscriminate Slaughter?
If we find no WMD's in Iraq, does that mean that we were wrong to invade? I don't think so and neither does Robert Crawford.

"Imagine you're driving along the highway, doing 70MPH. You crest a small rise, and see a human figure lying in the road in front of you. What do you do?

Do you swerve to miss? Even if it puts you, your passengers, and those in other cars in danger?

Do you steer straight ahead, running over the figure?

I bet you'd swerve. I would.

Now, let's say you swerve, come to a stop, and go back to check on the person. It turns out it's an inflatable doll. Running over it wouldn't have hurt anyone or your car.

In hindsight, was swerving a mistake? If you had gasped, "Oh my god, somebody's in the road!" to your passengers, were you a liar?"


Read it all.

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