We need more billionaires like that!

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Similarly with Iraq – Saddam Hussein was essentially put into power by the US Government. Many families and corporations have made a lot of money from both selling weapons used in that war and in the rebuilding efforts after that war.

It sort of makes you think that this kind of thing is intentional. Let someone nefarious get into power and ignore them, or plain out set them up – let them cause havoc for a while – and then swoop in and “liberate” the people – and much of the resources of the liberated country…

I often wonder who the true war criminals really are.

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But there are instances in which we act no better, you must admit, which only creates a struggle between two forces that will never actually solve anything at all but rather only ultimately end in the assertion of power over the other after the other loses. Obviously, this creates animosity and retaliation. We need win-win situations.

I agree that Hitler could likely not have been reasoned with. It’s my belief he was a rather evil nut, though you have to admit, he had a few strengths we could learn from, such as dreaming big and rallying crowds to support him. Imagine what we could do with those schematics if our efforts were properly aimed and intended.

I’ve been angry enough about the lack of human rights and about totalitarian and authoritarian and superior behavior when it comes to how people are treated to say we ought to kill some bastards, but in retrospect, what, really, does that sort out? It may remove one man from the equation, or even several, but more power-hungry and wackos with bizarre and terrible ideas will emerge. Our thinking, our methods, have to change entirely, because it’s obvious that after years and years the same tactics are not working at all.

I agree with you about Bill and Melinda

Remember 15 years ago, everyone made fun of Bill Gates, because he was so damned rich?

Well, they’re not making fun of him now. At least he’s DOING something constructive with his wealth!

I wish people like him and Melinda would make the front pages (instead of bosons (there’s that word again!) like Paris Hilton, or Donald Trump.

(Well, I guess this is why we read the WooHoo Report,eh?)

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I’m dont’ wanna get too political. Of course, love is better than war. And it’s obvious that most of the wars have just been stupid and immoral.

But sometimes, if there are insane people abusing power or attacking you, you can’t sit back and let it happen. Sometimes you have to take a stand.

WWII for example. What if we said “Let’s not fight”. Well, I don’t think Hitler would have agreed. We’d probably have ended up with the Swastika on the Peace Tower. (Not to mention what would have happened to the Jews!)

Or recently, what about the Taliban, killing God knows how many people, including women and glrls for just wanting to get an education?

Or Mugabe, starving his own people?

So what do we do? We can sit back, and try to talk and reason with these leaders (for years on end, maybe), Meanwhile we watch millions of people die.

Or we can go in fighting, start a war. That’s shitty too. But we might remove the evil and save more lives in the end.

So which is ethically the better thing to do?

There’s no easy answer! (I certainly don’t have one!). Just that I think that there are cases when using force might be the lesser of two evils.

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We should just do that instead – the modern games are pretty realistic.

And think of it, some of us could moonlight as soldiers!

(I’m pretty handy with a rocket launcher, you know…)

Seriously though you have to take your hat off to Bill and Melinda for doing this. So many businesspeople or celebrities talk the talk, but they are walking the walk.

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