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Fred Hiatt on the noble glories of occupation
The Washington Post editorialist says that mere airstrikes are bad because they result in civilian deaths, cause displacement and aid al-Qaida recruitment. Therefore, we should invade and occupy countries instead.
Glenn Greenwald [2008-05-03]

  • Svensker

    Well fish or cut bait as they say. Either you're on the hook to rescue every last man woman child and goat or you're not. Once you pull an Angelina Jolie and hand pick the cute furry causes and toss everyone else in the trash all you need do is cop to that preference. I couldn't care either way.

    North Korea: 2 million dead from famine

    Congo: 3 million dead in civil war

    Algeria: 150,000 killed in Islamic violence

    West Sahara: 20 year civil war

    Chad/Sudan: well you know

    Somalia: a bloodbath

    Chechnya/Ossetia: some estimate 250,000 killed or more

    Burma: who knows?

    Sri Lanka: 30,000+ killed in the last 10 years

    Egypt: 30,000 political 'disappearances' a year

    Nigeria: some estimate 20,000 dead in the last 5 years of violence

    Indonesia: still killing people in East Timor

    Uganda: 350,000 killed in violence with the LRA

    West Africa/Sierre Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire: perhaps as many as a million killed

    Biafra: 1 million dead

    Now let's blame evil white Bwana American and go home. Mission Accomplished. I think when you put everything on the scales, most of the world is profoundly and structurally incapable of not pursuing genocidal murderous mayhem. But if you think wringing your hands is going to work, have at it.

    -- Electro Robot
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    Saturday, May 3, 2008 01:55 PM
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