A short thought this week, whilst I work on two other articles (on Abortion and Liquid templates, for two rather disjoint concepts).

I came across a verse a few days ago that helps explain my unwillingness to accept the justifications for the current war in Iraq.

Be sure you have sound advice

before making plans
or starting a war.
(Proverbs 20:17, CEV)

I am not convinced that the Bush II administration made any effort to ensure they had sound advice. Rather, it seems they sought “advice” that confirmed their predispositions. Whether or not I am right on that, this verse is a good thing to bear in mind; in any planning, it is easy (at least for me) to get so caught up in the planning and/or anticipated result to forget to seek wisdom from others. The “too concerned with whether or not they could, they never stopped to wonder if they should” problem being one of the major symptoms to come to mind.