[lbo-talk] Moyers on aerial bombing

Shane Taylor shane.taylor at verizon.net
Sun Feb 1 09:23:05 PST 2009


ken hanly wrote:


> This is an excellent video. A couple of comments:
>
> 1) Surely bombing does sometimes lead to victory and demoralising
> of the opponent. Example: Nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
>
> 2) There is no mention of the legality of the use of drones as
> against international law or deliberate bombing of civilians as such.
>
> 3) Is Israel not trying also to use bombing and other punishment
> of civilians in Gaza in order to demoralize Hamas and Gazans.

Good points, which prompt a question I have had lately: did siege and slaughter in Nicaragua achieve many of Washington's aims through demoralization? If so, is that part of Israel's inspiration?

Shane



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