“The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off of the lives of American pilots and soldiers, not with those of their declared Taliban enemies, but with Afghan civilians... There will be no official two-minute silence for the Afghan dead, no newspaper obituaries or memorial services attended by the prime minister, as there were for the victims of the twin towers.”
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Seumas Milne
Seumas Milne is a British journalist born in 1958. He is known for his profound insights into political and social issues and has worked for several prominent media outlets, including The Guardian and The Independent. Milne's writing covers a wide range of topics, including political theory, history, and socialist thought. more