> You Call This Normal? The New York Times in Fallujah
20 April 2005, 15:19
A few months after Germany surrendered in 1945, a GI standing guard duty in a town in Germany was murdered early one morning by an unknown Nazi. The US army closed off the town, had artillery brought in, and shelled it for 8 hours. Was this right or wrong?
The world is a rough place. The recent invasion of Iraq is historically signifigant because it’s probably the first time that the invading force has showed more concern for civilian inhabitants than the defending force.
Okay, okay, the USAF should not have demolished Fallujah with one big bomb. It’s awfully tempting to say that’s how it should have happened, though, especially knowing that it was done the hard way, with a lot of brave Americans giving their lives in an effort to minimize civilian casualties, for which they receive no credit whatsoever from people like you.
I genuinely feel bad for the previous poster’s misery and hatred of his native land. You can try to psychoanalyze me all day long based upon brief comments on the internet, I really don’t care.
A few months after Germany surrendered in 1945, a GI standing guard duty in a town in Germany was murdered early one morning by an unknown Nazi. The US army closed off the town, had artillery brought in, and shelled it for 8 hours. Was this right or wrong?
The world is a rough place. The recent invasion of Iraq is historically signifigant because it’s probably the first time that the invading force has showed more concern for civilian inhabitants than the defending force.
Okay, okay, the USAF should not have demolished Fallujah with one big bomb. It’s awfully tempting to say that’s how it should have happened, though, especially knowing that it was done the hard way, with a lot of brave Americans giving their lives in an effort to minimize civilian casualties, for which they receive no credit whatsoever from people like you.
I genuinely feel bad for the previous poster’s misery and hatred of his native land. You can try to psychoanalyze me all day long based upon brief comments on the internet, I really don’t care.