Englehardt On Bombing People from the Air

Juan Cole 04/13/2010

Tom Engelhardt on Americans fighting their wars ‘from on high.’

Alas, it isn’t American, it is just industrialized warfare.

Pakistan is bombing its own people, and a recent airstrike on militants appears to have killed a lot of innocents.

The only way not to commit atrocities and war crimes is not to fight wars.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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