Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Obama’s War and the Limits of Reason by Michael Holtzman -- Antiwar.com

Obama’s War and the Limits of Reason by Michael Holtzman -- Antiwar.com

"In recent weeks, Obama has "reluctantly," for the 7th time since taking office, begun bombing a predominantly Muslim country (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, and now Syria), testing, once again, the "limits of reason." This begs the question: How far beyond such limits is our political-military elite willing to reach to initiate militarism in our name?
If our leaders were to use their ability to reason when they evaluate whether military intervention in Iraq and Syria is the best course of action to contain the militant extremist group ISIS, they might come to a different conclusion."