Voices Against the War
Here’s a trio of opinion pieces expressing opposition to the war: From William Rivers Pitt, I am the terrorist; from Alan Bisbort, God damn you; and from Richard Dawkins: Bin Laden’s victory. They each come from a different perspective, but each is worth reading. The Pitt one is especially interesting to me, in that he claims the Shock and Awe bombardment has led to large numbers of civilian casualties already, if not due to actual blast and shrapnel effects of the huge bombs going off, then due to the resulting out-of-control fires. I haven’t seen that reported elsewhere, and I’ve been looking. If true, it would call into question much of the “bending over backward to avoid civilian casualties” claptrap coming out of Donald Rumsfeld’s mouth lately. But I’m not sure it’s true. Which isn’t to say that I’m down with Shock and Awe, in any sense. Even if massive civilian casualties aren’t happening yet, it doesn’t mean we won’t get them later, either as a result of disease, thirst, and starvation, or as a result of the military tactics likely to be employed in taking Baghdad on the ground if resistance persists that long. Anyway, thanks to The Smirking Chimp for all three links.
March 23rd, 2003 at 11:27 am
There is no red carpet. There is plenty of place for bloody spots. Ged zip lock plastic bag. Fill it with red paint. drop it.
Is the oscar orgainizer roll of red carpet to make this message more visible?