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Clearly this e-mail is more joke than geopolitical manifesto, but an important point still needs to be made about the grievance underlying its humor. Let us assume for the sake of argument that Bush really does care only for his cronies’ interests, that all the other reasons he has mentioned for military action in Iraq are mere show. This may well be true; but if so, the question should be not why Bush wants to invade Iraq, but why we do or do not support this action...
...time when thousands of lives are sacrificed in war upon the altar of democracy and when the U.S. President is using it to enhance his position in the international community, the argument of necessity triumphing over ideology comes across as hollow, defensive and downright flawed. It is disappointing that Time published this example of American self-justification. TEO TZE YIN Singapore
...Future of Life by Pellegrino University Research Professor E. O. Wilson, who spoke at ARCO Forum last week about the crisis facing thousands of species of plants and animals that have been driven to the brink of extinction in part by human activity. He makes a very convincing argument that humans can save untold thousands—perhaps even millions—of species by protecting their habitats and halting wholesale exploitation of wilderness areas. But Wilson does not convincingly explain why we should save any specific plant or animal species...
...laid out a very good, logical argument. Iraq doesn’t have to possess nuclear weapons to be a threat, they [already] have biological weapons,” Edward J. Walneck ’05 said...
...courts’ history of overturning individual litigation is probably related to the tenuous legal arguments on which they rest. Bullock’s and other plaintiffs’ arguments require evidence that simply is not available. They argue they were not fully aware of the risks of smoking due to tobacco companies’ deceptive tactics, which included misleading advertising and understatement of health risks. Proving such an argument requires clairvoyant insight into decisions made decades ago. The plaintiff’s word should not be enough, especially when so much money is at stake...