Re: Wish I'd thought of this one.

Taken in a certain light, the American Revolution was a group of armed
rebels trying to overthrow the government in their land. Because they won,
they were seen as patriots and liberators. If they lost, they no doubt would
have been painted with a far less flattering brush.

Johne Cook
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Karl Swenson <[email protected]>wrote:

> I have really taken a hard look at my beliefs with this.  If we support the
> removal of bastard thug dictators, he is easily in the top 5.
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> That said, my instinct was to oppose our action there.  This came about
> when rebels tried to overthrow the government and he fought back against
> them.  They were hiding in the public so innocents were getting hurt.
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> Does even a dictator have the right to defend his regime against an armed
> revolt?  What litmus test do we apply when deciding which existing
> governments are legitimate and allowed to defend themselves against an
> uprising?  I think we are setting a precedent I am not comfortable with and
> it seems to follow “because the UN says so” more than anything.
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> Had Kaddafi (or however it is spelled) just started killing civilians for
> no reason, then maybe the UN should intervene.  But if a government cannot
> fight an insurrection?  Will we support the IRA if they attack Britain in
> force?  Or the Quebec separatists if they try an armed uprising?
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> And I shudder to wonder what the UN would do if the US ever faced an armed
> revolt.
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> And the rebels in Libya  are supposedly a faction of or are linked to Al
> Qaeda.  Why are we supporting them?
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> I also note that while some on the left are hypocritically supporting this,
> some on the right are hypocritically attacking it and that also troubles me.
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> As I said, I have taken a quiet approach here because I am frankly not sure
> how to respond.
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Bruce Geerdes
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:47 AM
> *To:* DADL (off topic)
> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] Wish I'd thought of this one.
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> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/116959/
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> Yes, after years of liberals bad-mouthing our Iraq adventures and my coming
> to their way of thinking, I'm confused with the support for the Libya
> action.
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