Pounding peasants from 3 kilometers up is not exactly an ideal way to occupy the moral high ground in war.
The US cult of bombing and endless war
William Astore
By WILLIAM ASTORE in Asia times
How come not a single presidential candidate or a single TV commentator says anything about the longest /18+ years war in Afghanistan?
Is it because none of the powerful people in Washington are affected .
Bring back the Draft I say
Who doesn’t know the old riddle: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Here’s a 21st-century air power variant on it: If foreign children die from American bombs but no US media outlets report their deaths, will anyone grieve? Far too often, the answer here in the US is no, and so our wars go on into an endless future of global destruction.
The US cult of bombing and endless war
William Astore
By WILLIAM ASTORE in Asia times
How come not a single presidential candidate or a single TV commentator says anything about the longest /18+ years war in Afghanistan?
Is it because none of the powerful people in Washington are affected .
Bring back the Draft I say
Who doesn’t know the old riddle: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Here’s a 21st-century air power variant on it: If foreign children die from American bombs but no US media outlets report their deaths, will anyone grieve? Far too often, the answer here in the US is no, and so our wars go on into an endless future of global destruction.
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