With his firing of missiles into Syria, it took our new President about 76 days to start doing exactly what all the others do. Thinking about the politics of life-and-death questions, such as intervention in Syria, I imagine looking in the eyes of the mother of a person who would die if my preferred course of action be carried through, but who would live if an opposing course of action were carried through. I imagine trying to justify to that mother why her son should die for the greater good I believe my view is rooted in. This approach results in many extremely important questions concerning trust, motivation, and justification.
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