[thechat] Just stirring the turd...

[Bill Haenel]

For anyone interested in the full context of the piece, or maybe just all of
the debunked myths...


http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson092001.shtml

There were lots more interesting points in the full commentary. Great
conversation (war) starters.


BH



> Hi Bill,
>
> I guess maybe I don't see the point.  I see that Mr. Hanson has strung
> together a couple of "facts".  I'm not seeing a causal relationship.
> The snippet provided sounds more like a "rah, rah justification" than a
> "well-reasoned explanation" to me.
>
> Do I think that war has, on occassion, been a 'necessity'?  Yeah - I
> guess I do.
>
> Do I see war as a 'creative force' ... or a 'solution focused
> algorithm'?  No, man - I ain't buying that swampland!
>
>
> As for Heraclitus ... I think I'd really rather have a better
> understanding of the context of his remarks before commenting.
>
>
> RonL.
>
> [War has done good stuff.]??? ... Yeah? Well even a blind squirrel will
> find an acorn once in a while.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Haenel [mailto:bill at ncpr.org]
> Subject: [thechat] Just stirring the turd...
>
> excerpt came from The National Review Online
> *******************************
> War has never solved anything.
>
> Quite the contrary.
>
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