[lbo-talk] When is violence not violence?

[Carl Remick]

>From: Jon Johanning <zenner41 at mac.com>
>
>Been noticing a curious thing in discussions about Iraq lately.
>
>When anyone -- both in the mainstream media and on the left -- talks about 
>"violence in Iraq," they are never referring to what the U.S., British, and 
>other (are the Poles still there?) militaries do; it's always the 
>resistance that commits violence.

The policing function as defined by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley also 
comes to mind:  "The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman 
is there to preserve disorder."

Carl