Even the Iraq war did have some positive effect—Hussein was evil, and potentially the new government in Iraq would lead to less suffering, both internally and because of other—local and global—conflicts avoided.
If you take the after-invasion Iraq government and subtract that from Hussein’s governing, you get the improvement in governance. Is that improvement going to save 400,000 lives in its reduction of local and global conflicts? Please keep in mind it is not a dichotomy of “Invade and fix Iraq XOR abandon countries to the whims of evil dictators”. It is closer to “Improving Iraq: Military intervention, or other means?”.
Assassinating Hussein and backing a democratic coup is a much better way of radically promoting democracy in Iraq. I accuse you of completely ignoring available alternatives.
Shall I contribute to charities promoting assassinations of evil foreign leaders (there are still a few left) and backing democratic coups instead of the blanket pro-peace movements?
Charities aren’t well-suited to radical political tasks. You would be better off pursuing a career in international diplomacy or statesmanship, focusing on networking with espionage rather than the military-industrial complex, if you wish to achieve these kinds of changes.
If you take the after-invasion Iraq government and subtract that from Hussein’s governing, you get the improvement in governance. Is that improvement going to save 400,000 lives in its reduction of local and global conflicts? Please keep in mind it is not a dichotomy of “Invade and fix Iraq XOR abandon countries to the whims of evil dictators”. It is closer to “Improving Iraq: Military intervention, or other means?”.
Assassinating Hussein and backing a democratic coup is a much better way of radically promoting democracy in Iraq. I accuse you of completely ignoring available alternatives.
Good, now we are talking.
Shall I contribute to charities promoting assassinations of evil foreign leaders (there are still a few left) and backing democratic coups instead of the blanket pro-peace movements?
Charities aren’t well-suited to radical political tasks. You would be better off pursuing a career in international diplomacy or statesmanship, focusing on networking with espionage rather than the military-industrial complex, if you wish to achieve these kinds of changes.