The reality of this barbaric bombing
07/08/05
It is easy for Tony Blair to call yesterdays bombings 'barbaric' -- of course they were -- but what were the civilian deaths of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the children torn apart by cluster bombs, the countless innocent Iraqis gunned down at American military checkpoints? When they die, it is 'collateral damage;' when 'we' die, it is 'barbaric terrorism.' If we are fighting insurgency in Iraq, what makes us believe insurgency won't come to us? One thing is certain: if Tony Blair really believes that by 'fighting terrorism' in Iraq we could more efficiently protect Britain -- fight them there rather than let them come here, as Bush constantly says -- this argument is no longer valid...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article297623.ece
from Independent [UK], by Robert Fisk
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
It is easy for Tony Blair to call yesterdays bombings 'barbaric' -- of course they were -- but what were the civilian deaths of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the children torn apart by cluster bombs, the countless innocent Iraqis gunned down at American military checkpoints? When they die, it is 'collateral damage;' when 'we' die, it is 'barbaric terrorism.' If we are fighting insurgency in Iraq, what makes us believe insurgency won't come to us? One thing is certain: if Tony Blair really believes that by 'fighting terrorism' in Iraq we could more efficiently protect Britain -- fight them there rather than let them come here, as Bush constantly says -- this argument is no longer valid...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article297623.ece
from Independent [UK], by Robert Fisk
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 11. Jul, 13:51
