Topic: US Presidential Advisor

Padre · October 19th, 2005

The post I was going to submit in response to the topic doesn't really need to go on because IG said above, pretty much what I would say and believe - except that I would expand on Saddam's guilt over genocide more and how even the Left Wing Pacifists would have to be outraged at such a leader continuing in power.

It's too late now, but a "Just War" motive existed on Iraq because of past, present and most probably future acts of genocide. I would have advised the President to emphasise that aspect in the pre-war period. My former and beloved boss, Pope John Paul II, condemned the war on Iraq, but from the point of view of WMD threat was not morally serious enough to justify loss of life of both Iraqi civilians and American soldiers (God Bless each and every one of them). Genocide, which wasn't argued enough in my opinion, wasn't presented as the primary reason for liberation of the Iraqi's.

My other advice to the President would be to fill government jobs with more qualified people rather than loyal friends. If you can find both attributes in the same person good, but qualifications before personal friendships/favours. Lastly, i would have gone with a different pick for the current Supreme Court vacancy.

October 19th, 2005
Padre Milforum Chaplain Gear	The post I was going to submit in response to the topic doesn't really need to go on because IG said above, pretty much what I would say and believe - except that I would expand on Saddam's guilt over genocide more and how even the Left Wing Pacifists would have to be outraged at such a leader continuing in power. It's too late now, but a "Just War" motive existed on Iraq because of past, present and most probably future acts of genocide. I would have advised the President to emphasise that aspect in the pre-war period. My former and beloved boss, Pope John Paul II, condemned the war on Iraq, but from the point of view of WMD threat was not morally serious enough to justify loss of life of both Iraqi civilians and American soldiers (God Bless each and every one of them). Genocide, which wasn't argued enough in my opinion, wasn't presented as the primary reason for liberation of the Iraqi's. My other advice to the President would be to fill government jobs with more qualified people rather than loyal friends. If you can find both attributes in the same person good, but qualifications before personal friendships/favours. Lastly, i would have gone with a different pick for the current Supreme Court vacancy.