Sly, Cunning Bastards
aj talks about the trouble John Howard is in for apparently fudging the evidence about Iraq before the war.
Unlike politicians, the public has the luxury of deciding after the event whether it was a good idea or not. So far the answer is a cautious "Yes", although a final answer will depend on how soon and successfully Iraq can become a stable democracy. If it falls back into a dictatorship, or becomes a quagmire that consumes thousands of coalition troops, then we might reasonably criticize Howard for not considering the risk.
Is it ethical to lie or bend the truth, to achieve a morally desirable outcome? Is it worse for democratic politicians to do this than regular people, because they are not allowing the people to make their own decision on the facts? Stop projector, discuss film.
posted Tue 15 Jul 2003 in /issues/iraq | link
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