However great U.S. military presence in former Yugoslavia may be, I don?t want to discuss about that issue because I have seen too much hate on every side that was involved.
I am not trying to twist Bonos words around to fit my political views. I simply think he is against war. Very simple. The reason I think so is written down in the texts of U2s songs, at the very least I interprete them like that, yes, every work of art is opened to every interpretation.
If you think Bullet the blue sky is a pro war song, so be it. If you think you can strengthen your arguments by quoting what Bono says here or there on the war on terrorism or the situation in Bosnia, so be it. If you think it is a discussion about Bono?s opinion on war/ peace without relating to a concrete issue, then please explain, Mark, why you linked that issue to the victims of the WTC in your second post. And explain why Jesus is not a pacifist.
I agree with your last paragraph though, STING2. Nobody knows what Bono really thinks. We can?t crawl into his brain, can we?
I believe there is no noble cause for war, Mark. War in itself is so cruel that it is never justified.
A preemptive strike can?t be self defense. A preemptive strike is an attack. No matter about who has the right to do what, a strike without personally being attacked is no self defense, and neither gets self defense in a big propaganda rush of justifying future wars.
Compare it with hooligans: if I see a buch of those weirdos, I wouldn?t think to fire a bullet just because they might hurt me. They might, because after all they?re hooligans, but if they don?t threaten me with their weapons actively (not passively, it is not enough that I see they are carrying knives), I don?t have the right to pull out my gun and to shoot them. This wouldn?t be self defense in front of any American or European court.