This kind of thing has been happening a lot in the past year. The only thing different this time is that it was an American. Last week, there was another incident where the "wrong" people were killed - Israeli guards.
Go back to redheadedmuse's post to see the article links I posted there.
There's a connection to make from this to the Gulf War, too. It's easy to forget that in the first Gulf War, the US military buried hundreds of Iraqi soldiers alive in desert trenches without giving them opportunity to surrender first. It's easy to forget that, because they weren't ours, so we think of it as a "clean" war.
Well, for me, the reason it was different this time is because I heard about it. Seems that I'm suddenly a lot more up on current affairs since joining LJ. Not that this was all that difficult to do; my awareness of my surroundings both immediate and on a larger scale has always been something I've needed to work on.
My initial speechlessness (which has since turned into anger) wasn't so much relating to *who*, as the sheer fact of a completely senseless death. But then again, I rarely see sense in any death... I can think of exceptions, but there aren't many.
There is also some ability to see what she did as something I might have tried to do. So aside from her nationality, there's still a feeling of kinship there. Which is certainly a part of my initial shock.
And yes - the links you replied with, as well as the phone numbers she posted, are *why* I linked directly to her original post rather than simply saying who it was I got the info from.
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Date: 2003-03-17 03:21 pm (UTC)The only thing different this time is that it was an American.
Last week, there was another incident where the "wrong" people were killed - Israeli guards.
Go back to
There's a connection to make from this to the Gulf War, too. It's easy to forget that in the first Gulf War, the US military buried hundreds of Iraqi soldiers alive in desert trenches without giving them opportunity to surrender first. It's easy to forget that, because they weren't ours, so we think of it as a "clean" war.
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Date: 2003-03-17 05:46 pm (UTC)My initial speechlessness (which has since turned into anger) wasn't so much relating to *who*, as the sheer fact of a completely senseless death. But then again, I rarely see sense in any death... I can think of exceptions, but there aren't many.
There is also some ability to see what she did as something I might have tried to do. So aside from her nationality, there's still a feeling of kinship there. Which is certainly a part of my initial shock.
And yes - the links you replied with, as well as the phone numbers she posted, are *why* I linked directly to her original post rather than simply saying who it was I got the info from.
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Date: 2003-03-17 05:48 pm (UTC)<blinks> What?
Date: 2003-03-17 06:24 pm (UTC)nevermind
Date: 2003-03-17 06:30 pm (UTC)