Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, JD, The War with Mexico, as utterly unjustifiable as it is by today's standards of international behavior, was pretty much typical for its time. The bottom line, to quote Union Gen. Wm. T. Sherman - "War is hell." Any war. All war. But it is also true that there are times when war, of one form or another, is necessary. And I would suggest to those who think that the U.S. is about to overreact, and we should all clean up refugee camps instead and save the world that way, that perhaps had Osama Bin Laden put his fortune - estimated to be in the billions of dollars - to that end, we might not be having this argument/debate/discussion now. B. D. - --- Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> wrote: > on 9/13/01 9:38 AM, Austin Franklin at > darkroom@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > >> Wars have been provoked just to sell > >> weapons (to both sides, of course). Wars have > been declared because a > >> "friend" had been attacked. Wars have been > declared because of economic > >> problems and religion. > > > > In the "civilized" world, between countries? I am > not talking about "third > > world" wars...those, yes, some of what you say is > probably true. > > Arguably the Great War fulfilled both of the > economic and 'friend attacked' > criteria. The 'rape of little Belgium' was used to > convince the British > public that the conflict was a just one, using > massively exagerrated > accounts of German atrocities including the eating > of babies. I've > personally studied the propaganda. One animated > movie which shown in British > cinemas depicts the Kaiser as a monster with devil > horns, raping a nurse who > represents Belgium. The conflict was very, very > clearly predicated by the > British government as a holy Christian war against a > satanic power, and this > tactic succeeded perfectly in mobilising public > opinion and causing hundreds > of thousands of men to volunteer for duty. > > What about the US war with Mexico, which involved > the seizure of almost half > the latter county's territory? Or doesn't that > count? > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > > _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca