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Damn, I forgot, Donovan. He did everything in his power as the Jr.
Senator from Illinois and as the President of the United States to
stop this crap. As Ross Caputi stated in the Guardian in March of
this year:<br>
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"The consequentialist will argue that the good results outweigh the
bad, that democracy, freedom and the liberation of Afghan women will
improve the lives of Afghans so much that the deaths of a few are
justified. This is an easy judgment for westerners to make from the
comforts of their own homes; but it stinks of the same patriarchy
and arrogance of the white man's burden that justified colonialism
for so many years. Has anyone consulted Afghans and asked them if
they think the good that the west has promised will come of this
occupation is worth the lives of their family members?"<br>
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And, to you Tom, more Caputi:<br>
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"Yet, western audiences feel reassured knowing that most of the
civilian deaths in Afghanistan were not intended; and they only
become outraged when marines and soldiers clearly target civilians
and <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/13/bush-my-lai-haditha-massacre-fund?INTCMP=SRCH">kill
women and children</a>, <a href="http://livepage.apple.com/">urinate
on their bodies</a>, and <a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/30/kill-team-photos-afghanistan-us">plunder
their body parts as trophies</a>. From Abu Ghraib, to Fallujah, to
Haditha, and now to Panjwai, US forces have committed massacres
against civilians. These incidents stand out in the western mind,
but to Afghans and Iraqis, they are no different from the daily
slaughter of civilians by drones, air strikes, depleted uranium and
stray bullets." <br>
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When Caputi gets to write a column in one of the military "Times" I
may go back to reading them again. In the meantime I'm not going to
hold my breath as long as Obama, Bush, Cheney, Clinton, Nixon,
Johnson, Romney, Kissinger etc., etc., hold power and rational
thinking people swallow the "security" crap hook, line and sinker.<br>
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Chuck Kovis<br>
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