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Speaking of Abandoned Children
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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I appreciate the "first do no harm" approach, and I also recognize the possibility that the new regime in Iraq may not be immune from human rights abuses. Where we differ is that I believe the scale of inhumanity had reached an intolerable level so that these risks outweighed the benefit of continuing for another 15 years as is.
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These are difficult questions. In North Korea, I suspect more people are dying, but a war would be much more costly. OTOH, I suspect the future of a united Korea would be much brighter.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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