… to Jonathan’s post below. I can’t find the link right now, but at some point in the run up, I wrote something very much in line with what Avedon Carol is saying — something to the effect that “the burden must always be on those who want a war to explain why it is necessary.” It will not surprise those of you with any passing familiarity with the stupidity of the debate, then and now, to hear that one of the first responses I got was from a reader countering that “the burden must always be on those who oppose war to explain why it is not necessary.”
And here we are today.