>Hari wrote
>
>
>If so - might it be possible that either the civilian figures are
>disguised; & the soldier deaths thereby "down-regulated"?
>Isn't it odd that civilian deaths for the imperialists forces are
>scrupulously secret while , suddenly, the "civilian" forces killed by
>resistance are revealed? Who are the civilians?
>If the civilian guerilla fighter swims like a fish amongst the swarms in
>the sea - to paraphrase Mr. Mao - the modern day imperialist forces have
>learnt to surround themselves with plenty of other fish.
>
>--Hari, one thing you have to understand is that for liberals in the
>belly of the empire,
>there is that constant guilt that comes with the burden of being a
>contributor to the war
>machine through taxes, etc. So, if they can find a way to assuage
>that guilt they grab at
>any chance. In this case, what better way to avoid the emotional
>discomfort of tens of
>thousands of unnecessary deaths from the invasion of Iraq than to
>focus on civilians
>killed in the aftermath of the war by the 'bad guys'? Ya see, we're
>not perfect, but *them
>guys* are Really BAD!!!
>Then we can come up with all kinds of fantasies, like 'maybe we can
>get the US gov't to
>do it better"..........there just has to be some way we can be the
>good guys after all....
>After all, we liberated the Germans and the Japanese don't forget!!
I'd be interested in your identifying who is taking this position. I can't think of too many members of this list who didn't treat the war on Iraq as a crime.
Doug