[Danzig]

thanks for that article, steve.

“No deal is better than a bad deal,” Boehner replied.

completely disagree. and i don't even think, like he does, that it's a bad deal.

“An unjust peace is better than a just war.”~Cicero.

and a ramp up to war (again with a war, because that's been our only real foreign policy for decades, and what's it gotten us) isn't the only answer, but it's the answer that some rightists just love.

we're in our longest ever in afganistan, with no end in sight. iraq has only gotten worse, and some of these guys want to go into it with iran too? to what end? for what reason? it's ridiculous.


In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.~st thomas aquinas.


To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
~ ~ ~ George Santayana "The Life of Reason"