ground troops

[Seth Ackerman]

What's more, the Pentagon says it cannot drop humanitarian supplies over
Kosovo because it would put NATO pilots at risk. However, when Albanian
refugees get creamed by our ordnance, we all have to grow up and realize
that war is a risky business and accidents happen.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug Henwood [SMTP:dhenwood at panix.com]
> Sent:	Sunday, April 18, 1999 2:58 PM
> To:	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject:	Re: ground troops
> 
> Speaking of ground troops, I have a question for our resident
> warriors,
> Field Marshal Burford and Brigadier General Newman: if humanitarian
> concerns were really at the forefront, wouldn't the "right" thing to
> do be
> to deploy a large contingent of soldiers rather than bomb empty police
> HQ,
> oil refineries, bridges, and refugee convoys? Don't you find something
> deeply cowardly and hypocritical about this whole approach, in which
> hundreds of immediate and thousands of long-term civilian deaths are
> deemed
> acceptable in order to spare American lives?
> 
> Doug