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...shot aimed at a hijacker might easily find an innocent passenger instead. Just imagine a firefight on a crowded passenger jet. A few shots ring out and hysteria sets in. It would be close to impossible to take out a hijacker without at least the risk of a few civilian deaths...
...world. To do this, a powerful, international court of law with authority to arrest, extradite and punish offenders must be created. Such a court would require international support from a vast array of countries—the possibility of which decreases with each bomb that is dropped and Afghani civilian who dies. Already the loose alliance of countries “supporting” the U.S. bombing is weakening, and if the war becomes at all protracted then it may dissolve completely. Of course any such court would, on occasion, have to use military force to arrest criminals...
...question is to remember the civilian society that is neither the state nor the terrorists,” he said. “In Afghanistan, it’s the refugees...
Asked what number of accidental civilian casualties would be acceptable, he said there was no “magic number” but that one should use a “sense of moral judgment...
...sides of the story. The information revolution works both ways. For years, we predicted that the Internet and satellite technology would empower individuals living under communist and authoritarian regimes. Now, that same technology will show Americans what happens when our “smart bombs” land in civilian neighborhoods. CNN is caught in a Catch-22: it can either tell the whole truth and risk falling from Washington’s good graces, or paint a one-sided Gulf War-type story and risk losing both credibility and viewers...