There were wiser heads saying that being consumed by fear was going to cause massive damage to the US, but I think a lot of people assumed that would come from constant external war, fracturing allegiances by taking unilateral military action. And none of that was good. - ThreadSky

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social • 2 days ago

There were wiser heads saying that being consumed by fear was going to cause massive damage to the US, but I think a lot of people assumed that would come from constant external war, fracturing allegiances by taking unilateral military action. And none of that was good.

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whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

But the real poison at the heart of everything is . . . preemption. We can't wait to see if something is a real threat. Everything is so dire, we have to act BEFORE something happens. Even if we don't want to deploy troops, we need to do something BEFORE anything happens.

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bush left a legacy of doing things that were "technically" not illegal. "Technically" not a war crime. There are rules for engaging enemy troops . . . but . . . if they don't wear uniforms, it doesn't count. There are rules for how to treat prisoners of war, what if we could have against a concept.

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

If we're fighting a concept, then we can't violate the concepts rights to advocate for their citizens. By letting Bush declare war against a concept, everything broke. You can win a war againt a concept unless the concept no longer exists.

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

If you get to declare war against that concept, you will forever have permission to wage war, as long as the concept is in opposition to you. A concept can't tell you what their grievances are or send diplomats. And what if you play with the definition of the concept you declared war against?

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Terrorism is causing great harm to non-combatants in order to break the will of an opponent. What's harm? Yeah, blowing up a plane and killing people is harm, but maybe messing with the US economy is also causing harm. What about economic terrorism?

whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social•2 days ago

And what do you need to be afraid of? Do you need to be afraid to die, or do you just need to be afraid of noticeable change? What if someone tries to use trade to convince the US that they aren't the greatest nation in the world? That's using fear to threaten us, isn't it?

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