Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’
TFF PressInfo: Wow, Hillary Clinton as moral philosopher
July 31st, 2014 | 
Author: By Jan Oberg, TFF director
Jan Oberg
Lund, Sweden July 31, 2014
Responsibility for wars and killing
A number of Western/NATO politicians – Hillary Clinton foremost among them – and media people have recently introduced a new ethical principle in international affairs:
When A delivers weapons to B, A is responsible for what B does with these weapons. The former Secretary of State and perhaps future U.S. President presents this new ethical principle here on CNN.
This makes a lot of sense to me. Look at it this way:
Here is a young confused boy who has little to look forward to – and less to lose – because his country is falling apart in nasty civil war. He’s been told by some commander, or by his President, that he must hate the enemy; he gets paid for killing off as many as he can. And so he does.
He believes also in what he’s been promised: Fame as a hero upon return – that is, if he returns – and a comfortable life.
So he kills people, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Armament, Ethics and values, Human rights and justice, International law, Israel/Palestine, Jan Oberg, Russia, Security and defence, TFF PressInfo, US Empire, US politics & security, USA, Violence-prevention | 
Tags: Eastern Ukraine, Hillary Clinton, ICC, MH17, moral philosophy, pro-Russian rebels, Putin, responsibility | 
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