Veering from the script

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Mon Oct 29 21:11:53 PST 2001


The US never carried through with its plans to destroy the irrigation system in N. Vietnam -- of course it would ensure starvation of millions of people.

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:00:29AM -0500, Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> > The Taliban are in a unique position with respect to bombing. Unlike
> > the Iraqis and the Serbs, the Afgans live in a premodern world --
> > enough so that the destruction of water systems and electical grids is
> > less of a threat. How many other societies could hold up under a
> > sustained bombing campaign?
>
> Vietnam?
>
> Michael
>
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