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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LoneWolf23" data-source="post: 1368562" data-attributes="member: 643">Sometimes Good people can end up on opposite sides of an issue simply because they disagree on how to achieve a good goal.  As much as I hate to bring up real-world politics, the whole Irak issue is a good exemple of this: The US Government went into Irak because it believed Saddam was concealing and stockpiling WMDs and because he was abusing his own people.  The French, Germans and Russians tried to stop them because the believed the UN Inspectors were doing a good job and because they were afraid that War would only cause more problems then they would solve.  Both sides did what they believed was the right thing, according to their beliefs, and this is a difference of opinion that may continue to taint further relations between the US and European powers (I'm Canadian, BTW, and I'm glad PM Paul Martin has started repairing relations with the US).  But like last Friday's episode of Jag stated, both nations followed their conscience, and this difference of opinion shouldn't be allowed to ruin a long friendship.A conflict between Good people/nations/organisations can occur anytime there's a difference of opinion: Good doesn't mean thinking exactly like every other Good character; it just means that you try to be more open-minded about differences when they occur.  And even that isn't a garantee.</blockquote>