Paul Craig Roberts: "Western Civilization has no Morality"

[zengrifter]

How Did Western Civilization Get A Monopoly On 'Moral Conscience'
When It Has No Morality?

By Paul Craig Roberts
RENSE | 1-25-8

"The first use of nuclear weapons must remain in the quiver of escalation as
the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction."
--Five Western military leaders.

I read the statement three times trying to figure out the typo. Then it hit me, the West has now out-Orwelled Orwell: The West must nuke other countries in order to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction! In Westernspeak, the West nuking other countries does not qualify as the use of weapons of mass destruction.

The astounding statement comes from a paper prepared for a NATO summit in April by five top military leaders an American, a German, a Dutchman, a Frenchman, and a Brit.

The paper, prepared by men regarded as distinguished leaders and not as escapees from insane asylums, argues that "the West's values and way of life are under threat, but the West is struggling to summon the will to defend them." The leaders find that the UN is in the way of the West's will, as is the European Union which is obstructing NATO and "NATO's credibility is at stake in Afghanistan."

MORE- http://rense.com/general80/n0m0.htm

[aslan]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

How Did Western Civilization Get A Monopoly On 'Moral Conscience'
When It Has No Morality?

By Paul Craig Roberts
RENSE | 1-25-8

"The first use of nuclear weapons must remain in the quiver of escalation as
the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction."
--Five Western military leaders.

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MORE- http://rense.com/general80/n0m0.htm

I'm sorry, but I did not read this as the author did. The first use must remain in the quiver means that the first use should be threatened but NOT used. It remains in the quiver as a deterrent to anyone else using WMD. If it remains in the quiver, then it was not used. The first use was not used. It's just a catchy way of saying something and the author has read something into it that is not there. Try taking something out of the quiver that was already used. Hey! Where did that arrow go?!

Even if you were to go the other way in your interpretation (which doesn't make much sense), then the first use has already happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If that serves as a deterrent, then so be it. It's already done. No more harm can come from it, but maybe some good can come in terms of deterrent. But try taking it out of the quiver. Whoops! It's long gone!

PS--Orwell need not fear being out-Orwelled here!