From: Hermit (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Sat Aug 10 2002 - 22:19:55 MDT
And the point was?
As in Vietnam, it seems that the US is instructing its forces to target non-combatants. Purely in self-defense you say? Perhaps. It wasn't in Vietnam, but it still took 30 years for evidence of the extent of American War crimes there to become apparant. And the line between "colateral casualties" and "deliberate targeting" is a thin one, where one has to depend on establishing "intent." However, demographics also tell a story. And a few dozen al Qu'aeda members and a few hundred Taliban at the cost of some 3,800 civilian casualties might be seen by some as telling a tale in its own right. I'm sure that you won't. After all, you could always explain that the Afghan civilians are killing one another, while the US just looks on. It is hardly less beleivable than claiming that this is the case for the Palestians.
Perhaps somebody out there will agree with you.
Hermit
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