From the final paragraph a NYTimes story about the popular uprising in Kyrgyzstan:
"In Washington, meanwhile, a State Department spokesman, Adam Ereli, said Wednesday that the United States had urged the Kyrgyz government to avoid violence and open a dialogue with the opposition. The message being sent by the United States and other nations, he said, was that 'violence is not an acceptable means for resolving differences.' "
Thursday, March 24, 2005
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I would suggest that statement applies to conflicts internal to a country. And when the conflict itself is not violent.
The actions the Bush administration was consistent with this: all peaceful means had been exhausted AND they claimed a strong and imminent danger of violence from Iraq...
And even if so, this observation, like many I personally admit to, are basically a "nyah, nyah!" response to a massive and weakly and ineffective opposition to a spectacular invasion of Iraq: Bush has his way with destruction, life and death, and his opponents, stuck up to our necks in the very same mud, can only say "gotcha!"
Sigh.
The war is and was ludicrous. Consider, this nation that went to war also waged and election over gay marriage and has occupied its federal congress over a personal and private medical matter... which only recently pushed Michael Jackson from the headlines...
Hmmmm... maybe it was OJ and a Clinton blow job that was really the keeper of peace: the people will have their entertainment.
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