On Wolf Blitzer today Rumsfeld made much talk about international law and the "rules of war", and I'm sure the administration will continue baiting the hook for me to bitch about this without even having to bother pointing out how illegal this invasion is to begin with, but even if there isn't a moratorium yet using cluster bombs indiscriminately is a violation of existing law, nevermind poising an inconvenience for future invasions.
Perhaps the greatest lunacy in this bit of the propaganda war is that what is actually stirring up this talk of international law by the administration is the video of US POWs - which is considered "humiliation" or "subjecting to public curiousity", not a bad rule as they go - while CNN and the rest of them have been broadcasting images of Iraqi POWs for days for much the same reasons, so far as PR is concerned.
:: posted by buermann @ 2003-03-23 19:53:33 CST |
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