Thomas Sowell has several good points in his most recent Random Thoughts. Among them:
Under the terrible stresses of war, there are some in every country who commit atrocities. The difference is that Americans are upset, ashamed, or angry when their troops do it, while people in some Middle Eastern countries danced in the streets on 9/11 and when the bodies of dead American civilians were dragged through the streets in Iraq.This is indeed the big differencce, W on TV apologizing for actions he knew nothing about. Americans everywhere expressing their disgust and confusion. Not many countries would do that - fortunately, those that would are fighting with us in Iraq. Posted by Vox at May 7, 2004 06:20 PM | Iraq