Byers article about non-combatants

After reading the chapter in Byers I came to a realization that for the most part I must have had my head in the sand during the 2004 Fallujah attacks. I know I listened to or watch news broadcasts, which I am sure were sanitized for public consumption. The readings were interesting and eye opening. I am ashamed to believe that we, the United States, were capable of commiting the atrocoties that were described in the chapter. The description of the Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld acting like a 10 year old when he didn't get his way makes one wonder what direction the administration was going in.

The reading was was eye opening as well as itersting. Much of what was discussed was pretty much common sense but it takes a person with common sense to act on it.