I'm not convinced that it is wrong to use military action to stop and
destroy the Serb military capacity.  I agree with most of the
criticism of the US, by Chomsky and others, vis á vis our appalling
record, but the argument against military action is beginning to sound
like: The US can't act militarily in Yugoslavia because it has a
history of doing bad things.  Any nation electing to confront military
action with military action must have an impeccable moral and ethical
record in all situations, or it is immoral for that nation use
military action, even if the situation might demand it.

Of course there are arguments against a claim that the situation
demands it.  There is the argument that all acts of war are morally
wrong; there is the argument that this act of war is illegal, and
there is the argument that it won't work anyway.  But there seems to
be something more going on here that ignores the suffering that is
being caused by the Serb military.

This is my impression at this point as I continue to read and hear
various sources on the subject.  I'm generally toward the Buddhist end
of the spectrum in these matters, but I'm not a pacifist.

martin

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