History is a slaughterhouse - And war is how the slaughter is carried out
Not a Pretty Picture
"History," Hegel said, "is a slaughterhouse." And war is how the slaughter is carried out.
by Sydney H. Schanberg
If we believe that the present war in Iraq is just and necessary, why do we shrink from looking at the damage it wreaks? Why does the government that ordered the war and hails it as an instrument of good then ask us to respect those who died in the cause by not describing and depicting how they died?
Warning - This article provides disturbing images
Baghdad E.R. doctors examine a child who was fatally wounded in an aerial bombing attack. photo: David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8895.htm
"History," Hegel said, "is a slaughterhouse." And war is how the slaughter is carried out.
by Sydney H. Schanberg
If we believe that the present war in Iraq is just and necessary, why do we shrink from looking at the damage it wreaks? Why does the government that ordered the war and hails it as an instrument of good then ask us to respect those who died in the cause by not describing and depicting how they died?
Warning - This article provides disturbing images
Baghdad E.R. doctors examine a child who was fatally wounded in an aerial bombing attack. photo: David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8895.htm
Starmail - 20. Mai, 22:14
