Comments on: Castro: Zarqawi Raid a Barbarity

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:02:25 +0000

mcgehee; i think itâ��s only the third worst in the universe!

That's because mine is the second worst.

By: floyd

floyd — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:20:07 +0000

mcgehee; i think it's only the third worst in the universe!

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:26:14 +0000

odo: I'm all for minimizing collateral damage but apparently they thought an air strike faster and thus more likely to ensure Zarqawi didn't escape. Certainly, with a target this high on the pecking order, one takes more risks.

By: odograph

odograph — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:58:52 +0000

Castro got it totally wrong. The interesting moral question revolves around two facts:

- a woman and a child were among the dead,

- troops were close enough to get to the house before Zarqawi died.

Now, should we have tried a foot-on-ground raid to reduce civilian casualties? And, how do we measure "minimum" civilian casualties these days?

I don't ask this because I think the question is easy, or because the military got it wrong ... it's more troubling to me that collateral damage is yielding less comment as the war drags on.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:43:55 +0000

Vogon Poetry.

Now that's a war crime.

By: RA

RA — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:20:05 +0000

Communists and American hating leftists in lock step with each other. The American hating left is far more dangerous than the Islamofacists are to the security and prosperity of the US.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:09:11 +0000

If it's anti-American Castro can be depended upon to defend it.

Rather like our own press, that way.

By: Gnatman

Gnatman — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:16:58 +0000

Are you really that surprised that Castro would denounce a U.S. military act. Why are you giving time and space being outraged and offended by this? Try dealing with a real issue.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:46:47 +0000

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By: Mensa Barbie Welcomes You

Mensa Barbie Welcomes You — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:40:56 +0000

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By: bRight & Early » First Cup 06.12.06

bRight & Early » First Cup 06.12.06 — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:58:01 +0000

[...] Outside The Beltway (James Joyner) Castro: Zarqawi Raid a Barbarity — "This is rather amusing given Castro’s human rights record. While we obviously want to be better than him, this does not extend so far as to providing trials before killing enemies during wartime. Zarqawi was killed, not in retribution for his many attrocities, but because he was the leader of the most dangerous faction of the "insurgency" we are fighting." [...]

By: the musings of Brandon Jaynes » Castro: Al-Zarqawi Bombing A ‘Barbarity’

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:45:14 +0000

[...] ht: otb [...]

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:32:49 +0000

Just so we're clear on the Castro playbook:

1. Executing dissidents. Okay.
2. Concentration Camps for homosexuals. No problem.
3. Killing enemies in wartime. Barbarous.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:25:38 +0000

Sorry, when I saw that he was at a literary conference, all I could think was Vogon Poetry.