Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:27 AM Subject: Re: Anti-War Movements
> Luke Weiger wrote:
>
> > > "Tightly focused"? Weasel words, Doug. Just how much collateral
damage
> >are
> >> you willing to put up with?
> >>
> >> Carl
> >
> >Sometimes withholding forceful intervention results (albeit indirectly)
in
> >collateral damage as well, although incidences of guilty feelings and
> >wailings about bloody hands after the fact are rare.
>
> A friend of mine - who is no fan of the bombing - had a long chat
> with an Afghan living in NYC the other day. His wife and kids are
> still in Kabul, along with the rest of his family. She asked him what
> he thought of the bombing. He said he supported it. She asked him
> about civilian casualties. He said that people are dying every day in
> Afghanistan, and if the U.S. campaign brought down the Taliban, the
> civilian deaths would be worth it. That makes me very queasy, but
> that's what he said.
>
> Doug