Klaus,
I'm sure people OVER the age of 60 have some bad memories of World War II or World War I. Of course, people in the former Yugoslavia of all ages have memories of terrible experiences which Europe failed to do anything to stop or prevent. Most of the people marching in Anti-War protest in Europe are under the age of 60 and have only known the peace and security provided them by the USA and NATO alliance.
I certainly would never attempt to minimize the suffering of anyone. Its rather strange that you would attempt to do just that with the victims of 9/11. If you think 3,025 people being murdered in the space of less than 2 hours is a small thing, fine, but I don't think so.
Your arguement about the suffering that many people experienced in World War II is in my view, a very convincing arguement to make sure Iraq is disarmed by military force if necessary.
It has often been said that the great suffering experienced in World War I made the European governments reluctent to confront Hitler earlier on. It is now obvious that if they had confronted Hitler earlier on, they could have potentially prevented a level of suffering 5 times greater than what they experienced in World War I.
So, look at the cost of not acting, World War II. Look at the cost of not acting in the former Yugoslavia. It is naive to believe you can avoid the cost of war by simply avoiding it and pretending the threat is not there. There are risk in using military force, but there is also a risk in not using military force(World War II former Yugoslavia). There are many that feel that the risk of not using military force in this particular situation are greater than the risk of using military force.
I'm sure people OVER the age of 60 have some bad memories of World War II or World War I. Of course, people in the former Yugoslavia of all ages have memories of terrible experiences which Europe failed to do anything to stop or prevent. Most of the people marching in Anti-War protest in Europe are under the age of 60 and have only known the peace and security provided them by the USA and NATO alliance.
I certainly would never attempt to minimize the suffering of anyone. Its rather strange that you would attempt to do just that with the victims of 9/11. If you think 3,025 people being murdered in the space of less than 2 hours is a small thing, fine, but I don't think so.
Your arguement about the suffering that many people experienced in World War II is in my view, a very convincing arguement to make sure Iraq is disarmed by military force if necessary.
It has often been said that the great suffering experienced in World War I made the European governments reluctent to confront Hitler earlier on. It is now obvious that if they had confronted Hitler earlier on, they could have potentially prevented a level of suffering 5 times greater than what they experienced in World War I.
So, look at the cost of not acting, World War II. Look at the cost of not acting in the former Yugoslavia. It is naive to believe you can avoid the cost of war by simply avoiding it and pretending the threat is not there. There are risk in using military force, but there is also a risk in not using military force(World War II former Yugoslavia). There are many that feel that the risk of not using military force in this particular situation are greater than the risk of using military force.