[lbo-talk] David Brooks calls for US war crimes

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 4 10:45:31 PST 2003


Dwayne Monroe quoting David Brooks:


>The shooting down of the Chinook helicopter near
>Fallujah over the weekend was a shock to the body
>politic. The fact is, we Americans do not like staring
>into the face of evil. It is in our progressive and
>optimistic nature to believe that human beings are
>basically good, or at least rational. When we stare
>into a cave of horrors, whether it is in Somalia,
>Beirut or Tikrit, we see a tangled morass we don't
>understand. Our instinct is to get out as quickly as
>possible.

What is it with these people? Unlike a Red Cross installation, a military helicopter of an occupation army is a legitimate military target. How is it evil to shoot one down?

Doug



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