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

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Tue Nov 4 11:56:27 PST 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


> 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

Try thinking of it this way: would Germans be better off now if there'd been real, violent resistance (of the sort some necons now pretend there was) to the allied occupation? How about the Japanese? Whether violent resistance to an occupation is justified depends in large part on the nature and likely ends of the occupation. It also, of course, depends in part on the sort of regime the resisters seek to implement.

-- Luke



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