Robert Fisk

[Bradford DeLong]

>One hopes that all people, be they Afghans or Americans, are willing 
>to distinguish acts of states and power elite from those of 
>individuals remote from seats of power, as well as capable of 
>distinguishing terrorists, lawful combatants, and civilians, but it 
>has always been the case that not everyone is willing to do so even 
>in theory, much less in practice, and if you disregard this fact, 
>your life, limb, and property may be in more danger than otherwise...
>
>--
>Yoshie

But that's the dimension in which Fisk's column is strange: his 
assertion of identity with those who beat him up, his claim that if 
he were in their shoes he would not make any such distinctions...