> 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?
>
because only evil people *would* oppose the benevolent occupation of the US army that freed them from life (and death) under the thumb of saddam.
duh.