AJE: The deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Misurata

[al bupp]

Run time: 03:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-E4SfRrJjU   Posted on YouTube: April 21, 2011 By YouTube Member: AlJazeeraEnglish Views on YouTube: 175   Posted on DU: April 21, 2011 By DU Member: al bupp Views on DU: 600

 
21-Apr-2011 Ahmad Hassan, a pro-democracy activist from Misurata, talks to Al Jazeera about the worsening humanitarian crisis there.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. But..but...we are bombng for humanitarian reasons, aren't we?

So there should not be a problem, right?

[al bupp]

2. Unfortunately, ma'am, it's not that simple

As an urban environment, Misurata is a particularly difficult place to intervene by air w/o causing collateral civilian injuries. Simply because something doesn't completely achieve its desired result, doesn't mean it is completely useless.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I should have added:

:sarcasm:

as in " Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity"

[al bupp]

4. I realized you were being sarcastic

I also wanted to point out that it seems a facile attitude to take on a complex situation.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Here at DU we talk about issues, not people, esp. other DU members.

also at DU, we have an ignore feature.
It works like this..........

[al bupp]

6. I was talking about being sarcastic...

Having been around since '04 I am quite aware of the ignore feature, but I've never had the need for it.