There are many places around the world, such as Uganda, Kurdistan (Eastern Turkey), Sierra leone, Colombia, Algeria, and East Timor where many thousands of people have been deliberately and brutally killed or mutilated, during the past couple of years. The difference is:
They were not American, so it doesn't matter, and
At least one side in the hostilities was a regular army, so it's OK.
Sigh! Personally, I had exhausted my 2001 "sympathy for victims of violence" budget before September, and so I was only concerned about civil liberties, etc, when the regrettable incident happened.
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Many examples exist
Date: 2002-09-11 10:37 am (UTC)-
They were not American, so it doesn't matter, and
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At least one side in the hostilities was a regular army, so it's OK.
Sigh! Personally, I had exhausted my 2001 "sympathy for victims of violence" budget before September, and so I was only concerned about civil liberties, etc, when the regrettable incident happened.Pavlos