Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Thursday, March 20, 2003 :::
I learned last night that special efforts were taken in the first gulf war to take out the power in such a way as to make it easiest to bring back on line when the war was over. That we care more about Iraqi civilian casualties than Hussein does no longer needs pointing out; we wage war in such a way as to limit death and destruction, which would be hard to explain to Hannibal. Modern Western culture is inherently superior to other cultures, not least because of the genteel manner in which we kill people and break things.