massacre - "things that no one else wants to do"

[Chris Burford]

The late Mike Spann's father quotes him as having said, "Somebody has got 
to do the things that no one else wants to do."

As a member of the CIA he was a loyal American, his father said.

So far this is undoubtedly true as a necessary part of the exercise of 
power by any state. A state has to have recourse to secret and violent 
methods.

War is violent and atrocities occur.

But the right of the US to act as policeman to the emerging Empire is under 
attack because of a more detailed report from a (London) Times reporter 
Oliver August:

Mike Spann was apparently the trigger for the massacre by Alliance forces 
of all the prisoners of war in the fortress in Mazar e Sharif.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001540008-2001551563,00.html

The folly and arrogance of his action, but more importantly the 
disproportionate massacre of absolutely all the prisoners including by US 
and British forces, without any opportunity for some of the prisoners to 
surrender and be disarmed, - was that a "thing that no one else wanted to 
do"? Or did they enjoy it? No doubt yes they did.

This episode will damage the credibility of the USA with their British 
sidekicks as the legitimate Enforcer of the powers of Empire.

Anti-war groups have called for an inquiry.

Chris Burford

London