Second Chances

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

"It is perfectly right to treat Timothy McVeigh with Martin Luther King" said piercehawkeye45 of the cellar. "They both have been to jail."

Both did not go to jail due to a heinous crime. To go to war, the 'crime' must be so heinous as to justify war. Whereas WWII, Korea, Afghanistan, and Desert Storm did qualify as heinous, neither Nam nor "Mission Accomplished" did. Whereas WWII, et al created war without lies, both Nam and "Mission Accomplished" were both justified by outright and contemptuous lies.

As even noted by Sze Tsu 500 years before Christ, war first must be justified by something so contemptuous - the smoking gun. Going to jail means nothing without including underlying reasons why. Going to war must be justified by the same underlying facts – the reasons ‘whys’. Niether Nam nor “Mission Accomplished” comes even close to being justified by a smoking gun. The first reason why those wars could not be won is found in no smoking gun.

The first reasons why King was not sentenced to death is also found in the same reasons why he was jailed. There was no heinous crime. There was not even a felony.