Nation Building in Iraq
April 7th, 2010This is a syndicated post, originally from Free Association.
These videos of what surely looks like U.S. cold-blooded murder in Baghdad in 2007 have been widely distributed. Included among the victims were two people working for Reuters; two children were also in the group attacked.
A few comments:
1. The helicopter personnel seemed to be enjoying themselves;
2. The people on the ground were no threat to the American people whatever. Even if they were a threat to the U.S. military, that is only because it is occupying Iraq. There's a simple way to end any such threat -- withdraw.
3. What happened to Obama's promise to get out?
4. See Glenn Greenwald's "Iraqi Slaughter Not an Aberration."
In case anyone has missed the videos, here they are:
