More war crimes

... from the sixties, again, a little something from Chomsky’s ‘wild men in the wings’, though the articles therein make some references, here and there, to the contemporary context... And apologies to all of you looking for another ‘the Czech is in the mail’ bit, I’ll talk to my doctor about prescribing some more uppers. In the meantime, however, see the History News Network’s page on Vietnam war crimes. I’m particularly fond of this article, which, I think, makes a number of essential observations, including this one, on the things that never change:

While Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon have touted the “clean” weapons used in Iraq, the fact is that aerial cluster bombs and free-fire zones have continued to be part of present-day military operations. Villages throughout Iraq, from Hilla to Fallujah, have borne and are bearing U.S. attacks that take a heavy civilian toll. Occasionally, criticisms of the type of ordnance used in Iraq found its way into the mainstream press, especially when left-over cluster bomblets looking like yellow food packages blow up in children’s hands or depleted uranium weapons are dropped inadvertently on British soldiers. However, questions about the immorality of “shock and awe” bombing strategy have been buried deeper than any of the cluster bomblets.

Also some interesting stuff in there on Winter Soldier and Kerry... essential reading for US voters, I'd say, if those Sinclair hacks go ahead with the Stolen Honor thing.

Should add--this article from The New Republic (no less) is notable as well.