To be fair, the huge outrage this has generated seems in large part an effect of the tiny UN observer force, which, by confirming and vouching for it, gained it a much huger audience.
In re "all bombings being war crimes" -- w/ which I heartily concur -- I highly, highly recommend Sven Lindqvist's book _A History of Bombing_. It's a pleasure and a bombardment of revelations. As well as formally exciting: it's written in little numbered pieces which can be read in different orders. And that totally works.
And he was speaking during what we consider the golden era of left liberalism, no?
That sounds like Rumsfeld doctrine.
Sadly, I'm not sure it's a death rattle. The right wing won in El Salvador. They won most such showdowns in Latin America.
To be fair, the huge outrage this has generated seems in large part an effect of the tiny UN observer force, which, by confirming and vouching for it, gained it a much huger audience.
In re "all bombings being war crimes" -- w/ which I heartily concur -- I highly, highly recommend Sven Lindqvist's book _A History of Bombing_. It's a pleasure and a bombardment of revelations. As well as formally exciting: it's written in little numbered pieces which can be read in different orders. And that totally works.
Nice report. Keep up the great work.