Comments for The Brooklyn New York Times http://bknyt.com Jonny Gowanus Provides Argument and Literature - Politics and Religion vs. Poetry and Drama Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on BACCHUS’S VILLANELLE by admin http://bknyt.com/2007/05/15/bacchus%e2%80%99s-villanelle/#comment-833 admin Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:21:57 +0000 http://bknyt.com/?p=46#comment-833 Bacchus's Villanelle has been published in Copius Magazine: http://www.copiousmagazine.com/08_summer/poetry+fiction/jonathan_vitarelli.html Bacchus’s Villanelle has been published in Copius Magazine: http://www.copiousmagazine.com/08_summer/poetry+fiction/jonathan_vitarelli.html

]]> Comment on JUST WAR CRITERIA SET AGAINST IRAQ by Burt Standish http://bknyt.com/2007/06/05/just-war-criteria-set-against-iraq/#comment-5 Burt Standish Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:22:30 +0000 http://bknyt.com/?p=74#comment-5 This Just War criteria means The Powell Doctrine cannot, when practiced as preached, be just war. Overwhelming Force, the cornerstone of General Powell's theory flies in the face of "proportionality" and thus never gets past the presumption against non-violence and can never be a just war. This seems to be a shame because the doctrine seems to be workable and likely to save lives both in ending wars quickly and in scaring others out of war with us. I guess the difference is before Iraq (and Viet Nam), war was something necessary. And only since Iraq has war been a preemptive act. Would Colin Powell still support his doctrine in a preemptive war on the slim theory it would cause a proportional amount of fear so as to protect us against the same type of war we would be thrusting in the face of bluster? This Just War criteria means The Powell Doctrine cannot, when practiced as preached, be just war. Overwhelming Force, the cornerstone of General Powell’s theory flies in the face of “proportionality” and thus never gets past the presumption against non-violence and can never be a just war. This seems to be a shame because the doctrine seems to be workable and likely to save lives both in ending wars quickly and in scaring others out of war with us. I guess the difference is before Iraq (and Viet Nam), war was something necessary. And only since Iraq has war been a preemptive act. Would Colin Powell still support his doctrine in a preemptive war on the slim theory it would cause a proportional amount of fear so as to protect us against the same type of war we would be thrusting in the face of bluster?

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