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In his latest article, Keller wrote:
"What are the right questions the president should ask -- and we as his employers should ask -- when deciding whether going to war is (a) justified and (b) worth it?"He asked five "plus two caveats, and some thoughts about how all this applies to" America's wars and prospective ones.
Too bad he omitted what most need saying. More on that below. His questions included:
"1. How is this our fight?"
In 2001, he claimed protecting America's "national interest" required "go(ing) after the homicidal zealots" responsible for 9/11, "and the Afghan regime that hosted them."
Neither Afghan officials, bin Laden, or others there had anything to with it. Kellers knows or should. Yet he lied to readers, calling it the right thing to do.
Francis Boyle is an international law expert. His latest article is titled "End the Crime That Is the War on Afghanistan," saying:
"....the Bush administration's war against Afghanistan cannot be justified on the facts or the law. It is clearly illegal. It constitutes armed aggression. It is creating a humanitarian catastrophe for the people of Afghanistan."
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