Friday, September 14, 2001
Let's Kill Them
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
A columnist in National Review magazine
This is the kind of rhetoric and bravado that has characterised much of the American response. From Bush to Powell, all declaring, in as many words, that they are at war. But as this article in Salon points out, they might just be playing into Osama Bin Laden's hands.
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
A columnist in National Review magazine
This is the kind of rhetoric and bravado that has characterised much of the American response. From Bush to Powell, all declaring, in as many words, that they are at war. But as this article in Salon points out, they might just be playing into Osama Bin Laden's hands.
# posted by Ashok @ 8:48 AM 
