"Don't Just Do Something. Stand There."

Let's never forget that The Iraq War arose 

from the irresistible compulsion to "do something"
in a situation where it would have been wise to do nothing.

Dear E,

Thanks for your daily thought.

You call to mind one of my favorite quotations: "Don't just do something. Stand there."

A modicum of contemplation prevents all manner of counterproductive meddlesomeness.

"Bush's Toxic Legacy In Iraq"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/bushs-toxic-legacy-in-iraq.html

Hans Blix' Fruitless Search For WMD And Bush/Cheney's Rush To War In Iraq

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/hans-blix-fruitless-search-for-wmd-and.html

Cheney's Lucid 1994 Rationale For NOT Invading Iraq. Conservatives "Must" See This

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/cheneys-lucid-1996-rationale-for-not.html

"The Fall Of Iraq. Jawdropping Video Footage Of Cheney, Albright, Gen Clarke & Others"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-fall-of-iraq-jawdropping-video.html

Uncle Sam's Mercenary Christians Kill 17 Iraqi Civilians. 2 Frenchmen Kill 12 In Paris

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/uncle-sams-mercenary-christians-kill-17.html

"Terrorism And The Other Religions"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

Pax tecum

Alan

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:24 AM, EK wrote:

"Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?" Jim Roh