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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: Enigma who wrote (3988)3/27/2003 3:23:49 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) of 21614
 
So the fact that we have superior firepower somehow justifies the use of civilians as unwilling human shields? Now there's specious logic.

As for the marketplace explosion, I don't have all the facts, nor do you. I guess the short answer would be that it would be in character for Saddam to lob a rocket into a civilian area, since it clearly has propaganda value. Recall, this is a guy who has gassed his own people.
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