Category: Foreign Policy
When is it OK to Kill Billy?
There’s this kid named Billy who lives across town from you. Way across town. You don’t really know him, but you have some friends who do. They say he’s got a bunch of orange trees on his property where he and his parents live. Your friends like to go by there on a regular basis and get oranges. Sometimes they do little favors for Billy in exchange for oranges, although nothing much. But Billy is a bit of a pushover, and there’s only one of him and more than one of your friends, so he doesn’t have much choice.
Things … Read the rest of this entry »
Was Osama bin Laden Evil?
Yes, Osama murdered upwards of 3,000 civilians, but was he evil? You wouldn’t think such a topic would be the matter of debate, but combine Father Edward Beck (no relation to Glenn Beck) and Bill O’Reilly and somehow that’s the debate you get.
There are those who claim that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, and in a way that can make some sense. Imagine if China invaded the US, installed a puppet regime with a cruel dictator, and started running our country as they saw fit. Would you fight back? Would you be willing to … Read the rest of this entry »