Shock and Aw Shucks

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sun Mar 23 17:19:21 PST 2003


On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Carl Remick wrote:


> The only thing that induces real shock and awe is deadly force;
> otherwise you're just giving a fireworks show.

That's precisely what happened in Baghdad on A-Day. 300 enormously powerful bombs causing 3 dead according to official Iraqi sources. That's an enormous amount of undeadly force directed purely at symbolic targets.

I share your skepticism about its effectiveness. It may in the end be nothing more than a footnote.

Michael



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