By the way, let me retract any statements in support of McCain I may or may not have made in this forum. On one of the weekend talking heads shows, McCain was rather cavalier about civilian losses in the bombing campaign. It's bad enough that the bombing of innocent Afghans is the culmination of 20 years of cruel games the US has played in the region. But it's also bad military strategy.
Is Bush spreading stupid spores? Cuz it seems like an epidemic.
-Mark
Another sign of the stupidity epidemic is Scott Shuger's great idea of bringing back flame throwers for the current conflict. Jellied gasoline? Third degree burns? Asphyxiation? Why not? These people are evil, right? For a minute I thought I was reading Soldier of Fortune, not Slate. Then I remembered who owned the magazine...
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- anonymous 11-01-2001 7:48 am
Another sign of the stupidity epidemic is Scott Shuger's great idea of bringing back flame throwers for the current conflict. Jellied gasoline? Third degree burns? Asphyxiation? Why not? These people are evil, right? For a minute I thought I was reading Soldier of Fortune, not Slate. Then I remembered who owned the magazine...
- tom moody 11-01-2001 8:20 am [4 comments]