Where do you draw the line on murdering innocents?

[angus]

I choose option one because this was is an obscene power grab for resources and your countrymen are dying for a lie that you participate in perpetrating if you don't question it and oppose it.

If you support the war, you are complicit in murder.  You are an accomplice in the murder of innocent children and women if you support an unjust war for oil.

freedomburns

dude, what the hell happened to you?

I know you're not so naive.  Of course it's an obscene grad for resources.  And that's precisely why so many will have to be killed.  Gold (oil, money, land, whatever manifestation of wealth you prefer) is the only reason we ever wage war.  Where does one draw the line?  Pretty much as far past the bumper of your gas-guzzling SUV as you can reach is where.  Right?  You like walking?  Me too.  But not all that much, know what I mean? 

[angus]

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So all wars are started over money?  Is that why we invaded Afghanistan then?

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Duh, yes John.  We discussed the pipeline through Afghanistan to gain access to Caspian Sea oil and natural gas.  There are trillions of dollars at play.  A more important geopolitical and mega-financial facet of it is the reinvigorization of the heroin trade.  Big time NY and London banks make big time buku dinero from the drug trade.  Business and gov't work hand in hand in this administration.

And yes angus, I ride my bike everywhere except when it's raining.  That way I can get up on my moral high horse and act all superior and holier-than-thou on the forum all the time.  It's so fun.  You should try it.

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I do pal.  Every ing day.  Even in the rain.  My mercedes will see maybe 5000 miles this year.  If that.  And before I was married, about half that.  A huge chunk of my portfolio is vested in Public Transit, by the way.  Check first before you judge others.  I'm a card-carrying member of the Sierra Club, I volunteer for roadside cleanups, and I'm a big fan of alternative energy research.  Yeah, I'm probably an arrogant , but don't accuse me of wasting resources.  I have a lot of nasty habits, many of which are illegal, but wasting resources is not one of them!

My global footprint, by the way, is 22 acres, according to Sierra's test.  Yeah, that's high by a global standard, but lower than the average US citizen's.  What's yours?