Posts tagged “war”
Both sides in the Israel/Hezbollah conflict are morally reprehensible. Israel's intention to avoid civilian casualties doesn't excuse the overwhelming disparity in deaths. Knowingly killing civilians to achieve your goals is a war crime regardless of provocation. Someone needs to separate these fuckers, and fast.
The Rockall Times piece reads like satire, but the underlying reality it's describing is all too real.
We're going to win in Iraq -- everyone says so. But guerrilla warfare could stretch the conflict, eroding public support until we're forced to withdraw. A victorious Saddam would destabilize the entire Middle East. None of this was at stake before we invaded. Now we have no choice but to win.
Consumed by war coverage, I've rounded up a grab-bag of links: a Baghdad blog gone silent, Robin Cook's resignation speech, anti-French hysteria, ready.gov parodies, propaganda name generators, BBC's free video feeds, and the CIA's hilariously absurd kids' homepage.
On the eve of the Iraq war, I'm laying out my thinking: yes, it's being fought for money and oil, not principles. But removing Saddam is still probably the right call, for the same reason stopping Hitler early would have been. Right thing, wrong reasons. God bless democracy.
We're going to war. Like it or not, apparently.
I'm ambivalent but increasingly convinced we should attack Iraq now, before Saddam gets nukes. It's not about the reasons Bush gives (oil), and yes, innocents will die, but stopping a greater evil before it's inevitable seems worth it. I just hope Iraq can govern itself afterward.
Antiwar art is flourishing. Check out a satirical Blair/Bush lip-sync video and a mind-reading Flash toy, plus my favorite image making the rounds.
A parody song to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It," skewering every hollow justification for invading Iraq. Thanks to Beardy Ben for passing it along. It's darkly funny because it's basically true.
Two things: Sharon's already talking about attacking Iran before Iraq's even started, which seems premature. Also, Pamela Anderson has a new video you need to see.
US networks are suppressing bin Laden's statement at White House request while simultaneously broadcasting counter-propaganda. That's state censorship, plain and simple. There's no obviously good outcome to any of this. War is such shit.
