Yes, if needed. Iraq is a perfect example. Saddam violated every aspect of the cease fire for years and years on end. After indirectly kicking out the UN inspectors, who documented his thwarting of their inspections time and time again, we asked the UN to do something. And do something they didn't. They yacked incessantly and did nothing, while at the same time being involved in the oil for food scandal.
Conservatives like myself, wanted to Bush to simply do what needed done immediately. Instead he waited nearly two years for the UN to do what they should have done 5 years prior. I'm convinced this is why we didn't find all the WMDs our intel, and the worlds intel, said was there. We gave him two years to hide, transfer, and dispose of the WMDs before we got there.
What's wrong with our latest attempt? We have an ally in the middle east, and a nation of people that are ecstatic to be free from a horrible ruthless dictator.
This is a picture from a demonstration in support of the U.S.-Iraq security pact, Nov, 2008. Do they seem unhappy to you? No, more like celebrating our support of them.
When a egg becomes a viable human, then it is alive. The classic definition of life is simply metabolism, growth, reproduction. The egg alone does none of these. Once conception happens, all three happen. At that point it is a living human being.
What was the problem with prohibition? Supposedly the amount of crime and specifically organized crime, was oh so horrible, that they had to legalize alcohol to stop it... right?
Ok, the amount of taxes necessary to cover the cost of alcohol related social problems, would be so high, that a black market for booze would undoubtedly spring into existence. Similarly, for Tobacco, raising taxes, for even the far few social costs, would still cause a black market for the sticks.
Already in Ohio, we have a black market for imported, cheaper cigarettes. Now granted the Ohio market is smallish, and very new. In New York, which had steeper taxes on tobacco, the black market was much larger, and much more organized. However, next month, and I hear the month after, taxes on cigarettes is going up. People are going to be looking for cheap Tobacco, and already know a few that are going to be in the business of importing untaxed cigs.
The main point is this. You are still going to have the same result as prohibition.
