We have seen that when we have an incident in the conduct of our operations, when we killed an innocent civilian, based on their ethic, their values, their culture, they would seek revenge.
-- Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
Of course, revenge is never part of white, Christian cultures.
posted by dackOf course, revenge is never part of white, Christian cultures.
Of course not! I mean, we'd never use a phrase like "After all, this is the guy who tried to kill my dad" as part of the rationalization for a stupid, illegal war.
Posted by: Thom on September 17, 2003 08:21 AMSanchez seems to be a master of the solemn platitude:
"When you take a father in front of his family and put a bag over his head and put him on the ground, you have had a significant adverse effect on his dignity and respect in the eyes of his family."
General Sanchez said the message from the Iraqis was that in doing this, you create more enemies than you capture.
BTW Dack, don't mean to tell you how to run your blog, but might I suggest this story?
Russian Privatization Architect to Save Iraq Economy