stop and think a little bit about what wars means to civil populations in the countries they are waged in.
It may be because I was born and raised in Europe, but I have always thought the rush to go to war in Iraq in 2003 was largely due to the fact we knew the war would not be waged on the American ground (thanks god). For all the weight this war, the Aghan War, the Vietnam war were to military families, the truth is that the general population was largely unaffected.
Both my parents remember vividly their life in the 1940s, bombing on or close to housing, lack of food, German soldiers going through their town and killing 100 young men,... These are images you do not forget, and these are images the Americans did not get through since the Civil War (and it is a good thing). But saying that the countries the war is waged in have the same damages as the US is wrong, and this is what Carroll refers to.
Of course, we do not like hearing negative things about Kerry, but I think he is fair here, and I wished that, in these days where we seem to be rushing to war with Iran (or at least some are), we would think about the difference of suffering. It is also why the drones are worth thinking about. Killing people without really putting lifes on our side at risk. I understand why a government wants to do that, but when do we start realizing that war kills innocent victims
Just to make it clear, Kerry is much better than most politicians on that, but he is still in the mainstream, and would not be if he had made this issue an important issue. Also, Hagel and Kerry are not targeted by chance. They are the nominees for two very important offices. Kerry is more examined here because there is nothing to examine when it comes to Hagel. What would you say? Has he ever seem to care about this?
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