The morality of the pro-war “left”
Is explained by Victor S at the Apostate Windbag:
In supporting the resistance – this huge some-time army that eclipses the US presence in the country – the anti-war movement is supporting those fighting to free their homes from occupation. Supporting the resistance does not mean supporting the murder of trade unionists, collaborationist or not.
The reality is that Cohen, Hari and co. are happy to see war crimes such as the Srebrenica-style forcing of Fallujah’s male residents to remain within that city limits while allowing women and children to escape the bombing two months ago.
The reality is that for them the 100,000+ Iraqi civilians killed since the start of the war mean nothing next to the murder of a handful of western aid workers. [At some point here we really do need to begin speaking of the unreconstructed racism of this position] Both are horrific, but at least the anti-war movement has the clarity to say so.
They denounce us for saying nothing when Salih was tortured and murdered. Perhaps they’re right. Something should have been said. But where are Hari and Cohen’s column inches about our government’s murder of hundreds of thousands? They attack the Stop the War Coalition over our apparent quiessence at the murder of one man, but the vast, noiseless vacuum of space could not contain the silence of the pro-war hypocrites in the face of their own governments’ devilry.