“U.S. warplanes dropped two 500-pound bombs on a house in which Zarqawi was meeting with other insurgent leaders.” Huh. In what world is it okay to use two 500-pound bombs to kill one man (and a city block) and not okay — in fact, forbidden by NATO — to use a 50-caliber sniper rifle to terminate a single human target? Poor form and not even remotely sporting. Via the Washington Post, CNN, Fox News.
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I’m guessing that hundreds of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings probably doesn’t sit well with NATO, either.
In what world? From the article: “I think arguably over the last several years, no single person on this planet has had the blood of more innocent men, women and children on his hands than Zarqawi. “It sounds like you’d rather have him still alive. Why? Please explain why you seem to be mourning the loss of this guy.
“Poor form”? “Sporting”? Probably not the right words to use. They’re not exactly on a little hunting trip, over there.
Actually, to get that quote in context:
‘Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters in Brussels that the killing of Zarqawi eliminated “the leading terrorist in Iraq and one of the three senior al-Qaeda leaders worldwide.”
In a news conference after a NATO meeting, he said, “I think arguably over the last several years, no single person on this planet has had the blood of more innocent men, women and children on his hands than Zarqawi.”‘
So, how to classify that? Irony? Pot calling the kettle black? “Look, the Goodyear blimp!”?
In any case, amusing reading!
In what world does two wrongs make a right?
Actually, if you read what I wrote, I am actually not judging the US for taking out a city block to get one man, I am just saying that I don’t believe it is sporting to do so. Sadly, in a war in which you can’t use an American-made .50 sniper rifle to terminate public enemy number 1 with extreme prejudice at a mile-and-a-half, then you certainly must call in air support to get your man (at least until we can work the kins out of the satellite-based pulse cannons, although, like the .50 sniper rifle, I bet pulse laser weapons from space won’t be okay with NATO either).