(February 23, 2015 at 6:04 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I cannot think of one square foot of Iraqi territory that is worth one pint of American blood. If they want to live under a fundamentalist Muslim government, let them do so. If they don't, let them pick up arms and buy their own freedom with their own blood.
I'm not sure I agree with this. As much as I hate to see us further eganged in combat, we went in and destablized the region, so I think we bear some responsibility when it descends into chaos, especially when it's due to such a large threat like ISIS. I think providing some sort of support is just the price we have to pay for starting an unjust invasion into a soveriegn country.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell