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>> Following the attacks, Churchill wrote an essay, "Some People Push
>> Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," that hailed the "gallant
>> sacrifices" of the "combat teams" that struck America.
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>> He said although the victims were civilians they were not innocent. He
>> went on to describe the World Trade Center victims as "little
>> Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf Eichmann, who organized Nazi leader
>> Adolf Hitler's plan to exterminate Europe's Jews.
> Far from his finest moment. He has done some really good work in the
> past but will unfortunately be remembered for this for a long time. I
> wish he would apologize but that doesn't seem to be something most
> tenured professors are capable of, Ward more than most I fear.
This has actually been one of his more brilliant insights, which I happen to agree with.
The problem is that any news story or mailing list discussion will not get Churchill's argument. I suggest reading the book, which is quite excellent, albeit pretty depressing.
Chuck