My dad (the anonynmous poster) beat me to it, saying what i would have said, and even had gruesome examples, which would have been lacking in my response.
But basically, my problem with the "but people are going to die" argument against war is that the Iraqi people are already suffering horribly, and it seems even more inhumane to let them continue to suffer, to not do anything to help change that. I'm not a fan of war, not a fan of killing and suffering at all (and i don't think i personally could ever kill anyone except in extreme self-defense), but i wouldn't call the suffering that will happen as a result of this war "needless."
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Date: 2003-03-19 06:20 am (UTC)But basically, my problem with the "but people are going to die" argument against war is that the Iraqi people are already suffering horribly, and it seems even more inhumane to let them continue to suffer, to not do anything to help change that. I'm not a fan of war, not a fan of killing and suffering at all (and i don't think i personally could ever kill anyone except in extreme self-defense), but i wouldn't call the suffering that will happen as a result of this war "needless."