>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