George Monbiot, "The Moral Myth"

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The moral myth
Superpowers act out of self-interest, not morality, and the US in Iraq is no different

George Monbiot
Tuesday November 25, 2003
The Guardian

It is no use telling the hawks that bombing a country in which al-Qaida was not operating was unlikely to rid the world of al-Qaida. It is no use arguing that had the billions spent on the war with Iraq been used instead for intelligence and security, atrocities such as last week's attacks in Istanbul may have been prevented. As soon as one argument for the invasion and occupation of Iraq collapses, they switch to another. Over the past month, almost all the warriors - Bush, Blair and the belligerents in both the conservative and the liberal press - have fallen back on the last line of defence, the argument we know as "the moral case for war".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1092487,00.html

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1. the morality of the immoral

this goes along with the right are more patriotic, so of course they are more moral.
they are more pragmatic, reasonable, etc ad naseum
the right{blair include} are motivated by others -- who the public does not see or know. and they have no morals what so ever.