The United States and the world community simply have a compelling interest in upholding civilized norms of international behavior. The Iraqi ravening of Kuwait and the systematic terrorization of its citizens must be brought to an end. The forced evacuation of foreign nationals creating upward of a million refugees and the savage holding of thousands of international citizens as human shields must not be rewarded. Here I would observe. particularly in the just war context. that decisionmaking for the President as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces includes far more than calculations related abstractly to aggression or economic blackmail. When innocent human beings are allowed to be raped as a terrorizing instrument of state policy. when Kuwaiti citizens are executed at a steady 10 per day rate. when a capital city is not just being systematically pillaged. but a culture eviscerated. moral people have an obligation to do more than simply wring their hands and suggest that resolve be diluted by the sands of time.
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