I Am Speechless...

[poliphilo]

When the attack came, the first target was Falluja General Hospital. The New York Times explained why: "The offensive also shut down what officers said was a propaganda weapon for the militants: Falluja General Hospital, with its stream of reports of civilian casualties." If there were no hospital, there would be no visible casualties; if there were no visible casualties, there would be no international outrage, and all would be well.

From an article by Jonathan Schell http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/111904Z.shtml

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

A nauseating notion.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I suppose I believed- even after Vietnam- that there were some things the armies of a Western democracy just wouldn't contemplate doing.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Oh, but we're only doing it to help the Iraqis, you know. It's for their own good.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

And they're so ungrateful.