Tuesday, June 05, 2007

A Very Good Answer

Asked whether he agreed with President Bush's portrayal of the current global struggles in terms of good verses evil, Obama said there is a risk in viewing the world in such terms.

He said he believes that the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were the result of evil. But he said that the United States' treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay is unjust.

"The danger of using good verses evil in the context of war is that it may lead us to be not as critical as we should about our own actions," Obama said to applause.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Of course, if we couldn't differentiate between good and evil, we'd have nothing to be critical of and nothing to be fighting for.