With the current American/Israeli attack on Iran (I hesitate to call such a one-sided affair a war), I have a concern. In the particular case, I wholeheartedly agree with the operation and its goals (so far) of no nuclear capability, no ballistic missile capability, and regime change.
My concern is this, though: the operation is centered on "you can't have this stuff." What's the limiting principle here? What prevents any nation with the relative strength saying to any other sovereign nation with the relative weakness "you can't have this stuff" whatever that stuff might be and whatever the reason--on down to and including "we don't like you"?
Nations--or more accurately, the men and women populating nations' governments--can be moral or immoral or amoral. Even those with morals can find themselves sliding down that slippery slope absent a clear and present limiting principle stronger than just "I promise."
Eric Hines
I think the operation is to revenge the murdered protesters, as Trump promised to do. But the limiting principle is atomics; those are constrained because once you have them other constraints tend to fail. We won’t wage a similar war on North Korea because they already have nukes, and Seoul in easy range.
ReplyDeleteThe only limiting principal is the price. The strong will do what they want and the weak will endure if they can.
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