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Actually, I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly realistic. Pakistan is our “ally” in the WOT, but they’ve been selling us out all along. Saddam was our “ally” once, we know how that turned out.

Actually, I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly realistic. Pakistan is our “ally” in the WOT, but they’ve been selling us out all along. Saddam was our “ally” once, we know how that turned out.

Making odd allegiances may be a form of political ambiguity, but it is not the same as moral ambiguity. When you play politics, you partner up with people or groups who share your goals in a particular area, even if they don't share your goals in all areas.

Moral ambiguity is when you are not even sure what your goals (beliefs) are. In the case of this show, you would think that the humans, having been reduced from billions in population to just a few tens of thousands, would be clear in their goal to survive at all costs, but the show would have you believe that there is a whole lot of soul searching going on as to whether to kill any particular Cylon, and we're not even sure if the Cylons are bad. Maybe they were justified in surprise-nuking all of human civilization. Maybe we asked for it yada yada yada. See the difference?

Quote: “Actually, I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly realistic. Pakistan is our “ally” in the WOT, but they’ve been selling us out all along. Saddam was our “ally” once, we know how that turned out.”

So then, by that logic, Bin Laden was our ally once. Why not forgive and forget and sit down with him for a talk? If he was our ally once and attacked us, that makes it ok? I find the moral ambiguity refreshingly naive. The bottom line is that in fighting a war things are never clear and you can’t always be choosy about who you side with. The Soviet Union was our ally. Should we not have allied with them and allowed Germany to win WWII?