Re:Charles Krauthammer note to readers: “My fight is over”
by jessaustin on Friday June 08, 2018 @05:41PM
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You still think "the Iraq war was needed"? That really destroys your credibility in making this "spread the responsibility" argument. I'll accept some responsibility for the fact that I was duped and completely wrong about Iraq, but there were people against the whole venture at the time. It ain't their "responsibility".
Re:Charles Krauthammer note to readers: “My fight is over”
by GalacticDomin8r on Friday June 08, 2018 @08:51PM
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Yes, I still think genocidal mass murders shouldn't be in power.
A citizen's level of responsibility increases for those who advocate for such actions, and the level increases with a wide and strong advocacy.
To attempt to wipe the slate clean of such responsibility is grossly unfair for everyone involved and must involve some deeper issues of which I will not speculate. The fact there was an appeal to eminent death as a reason to not call this out is absurd. A terminal condition doesn't retroactively absolve responsibility.
This is coming from someone who thinks the Iraq war was needed however it was done so in the height of incompetency.