[Occupymendocino] To What End Do We Kill?

[Richard Karch]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/19126-to-what-end-do-we-kill
To What End Do We Kill?
By William Boardman, Reader Supported News
28 August 13
 
Are you saying that doing nothing in Syria is the best option?

he unpleasant reality in Syria is that there are no good choices, for the U.S. or much of anyone else. But the crushing reality is that, comparatively, the U.S. and perhaps the world will be better off keeping Assad in power for the nonce, rather than coping with the likely chaos flowing uncontrollably from any other outcome.

There is no good reason to make a bad situation worse. It's likely to get worse all on its own, and unimaginably worse if the government starts to fall.

But wouldn't it be good if the "rebels" won?

Not likely. No one knows who the "rebels" are with any certainty, except that we know they are anything but a united, coherent force. We don't even know if any of them have goals worthy of support. There are many rebel groups with as many interests, most of them lethal – to each other, to their neighbors, to everyone.

But getting rid of Assad is good all by itself, isn't it?

Oh, of course, just like getting rid of Saddam Hussein was good all by itself. Have you no memory?

Unfortunately, we have been cursed with leadership that chooses to ignore the reality that nothing exists "all by itself." Everything is interconnected, which should be obvious to anyone. But Obama/Kerry don't seem to get it any better than Bush/Cheney did. Their common assumption, that they can control reality and determine outcomes, is a hallmark of hubris (also madness, also bloodthirsty recklessness)...

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/19126-to-what-end-do-we-kill

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20130829/3be942bf/attachment.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: rsn-T.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 512 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20130829/3be942bf/attachment.jpg