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Entry: Buchanan, Kennan, and the "Good War" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/buchanan_kennan_and_the_good_war#28491 Post contents: Christopher Roach, You wrote, ‘PS Dan, I realize it may not have been your intention to contextualize their actions morally, but your statement stood out to me and inspired me to make this point.” No, I agree but I was a bit perplexed by Prof. Gottfried’s statement since it raised the question of whether England’s decision to go to war was justifiable at the time or in retrospect on the basis of mass murder. Also in Human Smoke, Baker cites appeals made by German Jews to American Jewish organizations against American entry into the war because of fear of possible consequences that would, and indeed did, worsen their persecution. Probably most Americans today would cite the Holocaust in support of the war so this raises the question of context and causality and the sequence of events. Sent at: 2008 12 02