Comments on: Pulitzer Update http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/ Critical Thinking Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Muttrox http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-89427 Muttrox Fri, 02 May 2008 22:03:12 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-89427 The execution of the war was damn near perfect. The execution of the *aftermath* of the war was poor. It's regrettable that we screwed that up, but not as vital as in Iraq. It's also unclear if it's worse than when we started it, it's a pretty bad place no matter who's running the show. At any rate, Afghanistan was a legitimate threat which to me removes much of the burden to administer it perfectly afterwards. We had a right to remove the Taliban from power, we have less of an obligation to install something better. The execution of the war was damn near perfect. The execution of the *aftermath* of the war was poor. It’s regrettable that we screwed that up, but not as vital as in Iraq. It’s also unclear if it’s worse than when we started it, it’s a pretty bad place no matter who’s running the show. At any rate, Afghanistan was a legitimate threat which to me removes much of the burden to administer it perfectly afterwards. We had a right to remove the Taliban from power, we have less of an obligation to install something better.

]]> By: moleboy http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-80644 moleboy Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:44:04 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-80644 (btw, I should clarify that I was all for going into Afghanistan and still think it was, at heart, a good idea) (btw, I should clarify that I was all for going into Afghanistan and still think it was, at heart, a good idea)

]]> By: moleboy http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-80527 moleboy Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:30:31 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-80527 I see your point but disagree. If motivation is what mattered, and execution didn't matter at all, then dropping a nuke on them would have been 'ok'. Seriously, though, execution is the expression of motivation. Invading a country without giving a rat's ass about how it ends up, regardless of WHY we invade, is not 'a good war'. I see your point but disagree.
If motivation is what mattered, and execution didn’t matter at all, then dropping a nuke on them would have been ‘ok’.

Seriously, though, execution is the expression of motivation. Invading a country without giving a rat’s ass about how it ends up, regardless of WHY we invade, is not ‘a good war’.

]]> By: Muttrox http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-80246 Muttrox Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:12 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-80246 That's a good point, but I think you can separate them. I can't think of one other war since World War II that has such a pure and obvious motivation. I believe all others are tainted to one degree or another. That’s a good point, but I think you can separate them. I can’t think of one other war since World War II that has such a pure and obvious motivation. I believe all others are tainted to one degree or another.

]]> By: moleboy http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-80091 moleboy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:07:01 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-80091 (have I mentioned that I LITERALLY have nothing to do at work?) (have I mentioned that I LITERALLY have nothing to do at work?)

]]> By: moleboy http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/pulitzer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-80090 moleboy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:06:40 +0000 http://www.muttrox.com/index.php/2008/04/15/pulitzer-update/#comment-80090 re: Afghanistan While I agree with you about the motivations, I'm not positive we should call that a 'good war'. We got rid of the Taliban, but have seriously dropped the ball since then (thanks to the decision to go into Iraq). I don't think you can seperate the motivation from the execution (as it were). re: Afghanistan
While I agree with you about the motivations, I’m not positive we should call that a ‘good war’. We got rid of the Taliban, but have seriously dropped the ball since then (thanks to the decision to go into Iraq).
I don’t think you can seperate the motivation from the execution (as it were).

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