Comments on: Bush Lies about Iraq, Saddam, Al-Qaeda http://chrislott.org/story/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris http://chrislott.org/story/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/comment-page-1/#comment-13880 chris Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:24:29 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/09/09/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/#comment-13880 That doesn't mean there weren't good reasons for his removal-- they remain the same. A small, tricky, but necessary point. The issue then becomes, what is to prevent any of us from doing something we feel for the common good? What binds us? Do we turn a blind eye to human rights abuses everywhere because of "sovereignty"? Did we do right by Rwanda, for instance? It's not as easy as claiming sovereignty, though that makes it easy to wriggle out of tough decisions-- and taking responsibility for leaving others to suffer. There WERE good reasons for removing Hussein from power. Whether they should have been the impetus for doing so, or not, is moot because we were never given that choice. That doesn’t mean there weren’t good reasons for his removal– they remain the same. A small, tricky, but necessary point.

The issue then becomes, what is to prevent any of us from doing something we feel for the common good? What binds us? Do we turn a blind eye to human rights abuses everywhere because of “sovereignty”? Did we do right by Rwanda, for instance?

It’s not as easy as claiming sovereignty, though that makes it easy to wriggle out of tough decisions– and taking responsibility for leaving others to suffer.

There WERE good reasons for removing Hussein from power. Whether they should have been the impetus for doing so, or not, is moot because we were never given that choice.

]]> By: beau http://chrislott.org/story/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/comment-page-1/#comment-13876 beau Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:14:08 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/09/09/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/#comment-13876 There's one little concept missing from the notion taht there might have been good reasons to take out Hussein: Sovereignty. There’s one little concept missing from the notion taht there might have been
good reasons to take out Hussein: Sovereignty.

]]> By: Borderland » Teaching for Change on Sept. 11 http://chrislott.org/story/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/comment-page-1/#comment-13450 Borderland » Teaching for Change on Sept. 11 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2006/09/09/bush-lies-about-iraq-saddam-al-qaeda/#comment-13450 [...] Monday is the 5th anniversary of the World Trade Center Atrocity, and Teaching for Change has resources for educators who want to help elementary and secondary level students untangle the rhetoric about terrorism [via Chris Lott]. Meg Spohn provides the link to the official 9/11 Commission report. [...] [...] Monday is the 5th anniversary of the World Trade Center Atrocity, and Teaching for Change has resources for educators who want to help elementary and secondary level students untangle the rhetoric about terrorism [via Chris Lott]. Meg Spohn provides the link to the official 9/11 Commission report. [...]

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