UnseenWorld

I have a friend who tells me, "We're only in this war because of oil. Bush wants to control those oil fields."

While anyone with a clear head knows there is no way the US could get away with simply appropriating the oil fields, Bush might want them in friendlier hands. But that is not just in the interest of George Bush, that is coincidentally in the interest of the US.

But all that is beside the point anyway. Consider a little thought experiment:

You come across a man next to a lake who is taking his shoes off and you ask him "Why?" "That guy drowning out there is Bill Gates and if I save his ass, he'll probably give me millions of dollars!"

You look out there and recognize Lester Smith, a webmaster from Arkansas who, while an asshole, and bearing a striking resemblance to Mr. Gates, doesn't deserve to die a death by drowning.

You don't swim, this fella taking off his shoes apparently does.

So, ethically, do you serve Truth by trying to prevent the guy from saving Lester by explaining that it's not Bill Gates but Lester Smith, or do you button up your mouth and let Smith be saved?

I think that ethically, one buttons up one's mouth and deals with the aftermath after Smith is rescued.

End of thought experiment.

Saddam Hussein has murdered political opponents; enriched his clan at the expense of his public; terrorized, incarcerated, and murdered minorities and dissenters; and let 400,000 children die of starvation while diverting food aid intended to feed the hungry to benefit him and his clan.

If Bush is doing the right thing for the wrong reason, the main point is that he is doing the right thing.

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