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In reply to the discussion: A million people killed. Damn. How do you live with it? [View all]Warren DeMontague
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I mean, that's deliberate and it dates back to the 1st gulf war, when we carpet bombed that highway full of troops, killing how many tens of thousands in a day or so?
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/08/the-war-photo-no-one-would-publish/375762/
Leaving aside rationales for and debates about the reasons for the war(s), sanctions, the rest... I am a believer that, as William Burroughs put it, the lunch should be naked. Namely, everyone should know exactly what is on the end of his or her fork.
We do, I think, have a right (added: and a responsibility) to know as a people what is done in our name. We let that get away after Vietnam, deliberately. I think it is important as a check against moral certitude and black and white thinking.