Oops, Our Bad!
Jeff Huber on more Marjah madness
Tag: civilian casualties
A Tale of Two UAVs
The recent frenzy over "balloon boy" Falcon Heene that dominated cable news was odd, considering the scant coverage of the carnage wreaked by another kind of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The balloon incident involved a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be inside a homemade contraption that came unmoored and flew unguided for 70 miles … Continue reading “A Tale of Two UAVs”
Epitaph on Empire
I have opposed the Iraq war since before it began, but it only became personal for me about a year and a half ago, on April 29, 2008. I remember the moment well. I had flipped open the Washington Post and there, on the front page, was a color photo of a 2-year-old Iraqi boy … Continue reading “Epitaph on Empire”
Will What We Don’t Know (or Care to Know) Hurt Us?
Tom Engelhardt on ignoring the Afghan dead
Visitors and Hosts in Pakistan
In Jayne Anne Phillips’ Lark and Termite, the skies over Korea in 1950 are described in this way: "The planes always come … like planets on rotation. A timed bloodletting, with different excuses." The most recent plane to attack the Pakistani village of Khaisor (according to a Waziristan resident who asked me to withhold his … Continue reading “Visitors and Hosts in Pakistan”
Six Ways the Af-Pak War Is Expanding
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Going for Broke
Tom Engelhardt on the expanding Af-Pak war