Mistake one: thinking its his country. It is not.
Mistake two: the idea of a country's honor is ludicrous.
I'm with him, otherwise, although I don't think the case is as clear-cut as I used to.
Mistake two: the idea of a country's honor is ludicrous.
I'm with him, otherwise, although I don't think the case is as clear-cut as I used to.
Surely you can see that honor and morality are closely tied concepts, such that a country's moral actions define its honor. In what respect can someone deny the validity of honor and still evaluate the quality of a country's actions?
In other words, did America 'do wrong' by Iraq?
The people calling the shots in a country might be a small enough group to make statements about their honor or morality meaningful -- but then statements like "my country" don't mean too much either.
I think the Powers That Were (and largely continue to Be) in the US have probably done wrong by many people living in Iraq, although I'm less sure about this than I used to be.