Word: defenselessness
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...likely, it will simply be pushed into the legal gray area where the bulk of Blackwater’s business resides. According to its Web site, Blackwater USA’s mission statement is: “To support national and international security policies that protect those who are defenseless and provide a free voice for all with a dedication to providing ethical, efficient, and effective turnkey solutions that positively impact the lives of those still caught in desperate times.” While vague, the sentiment has strange echoes of the one that can be found on the Department...
Cartoonishly large sluggers such as Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have dominated the steroids debate. And admit it: you loved watching those hulks abuse poor, defenseless pitchers...
...have known better. On June 30, Japan's defense minister gave a speech on World War II at a university outside of Tokyo, where he told students that Japan could have easily ended up divided like its wartime ally Germany had the Soviet Union decided to invade Tokyo's defenseless northern island of Hokkaido in the closing weeks of the war. What stopped the Russians, Kyuma argued, was the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "I understand that the bombings brought the war to its end," said Kyuma. "I think it was something that couldn't be helped...
...Were the six U.S. service members killed defending their homeland? No, they were in Iraq as aggressors and occupiers. They were certainly not defenseless. God knows how many Iraqis they killed with their bullets. Scores of ordinary citizens die each day because of U.S. folly. I won't shed any tears for the six Americans, since they should have been at home with their families who now mourn them. All my tears and sympathies are for the ordinary, nameless Iraqis. Zameer Alam Khan, Lahore, Pakistan...
...Were the six U.S. service members killed defending their homeland? No, they were in Iraq as aggressors and occupiers. They were certainly not defenseless. God knows how many Iraqis they killed with their bullets. Scores of ordinary citizens die each day because of U.S. folly. I won't shed any tears for the six Americans, since they should have been at home with their families who now mourn them. All my tears and sympathies are for the ordinary, nameless Iraqis. Zameer Alam Khan, LAHORE PAKISTAN...