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Archive for June 10th, 2009

Correspondence

I am the first to write – the correspondent is a now former email chum from India…

Subject: When we kill protesters, we normally do it with tear gas canisters…

A benevolent presence indeed.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kashmir-rape9-2009jun09,0,899322.story?track=rss

Re. When we kill protesters, we normally do it with tear gas canisters…

Need lessons from “the most moral army in the world” – cluster bombs, white phosphorous, dogs feeding on a child’s corpse…

Re. When we kill protesters, we normally do it with tear gas canisters…

It’s not about lessons; it’s about the simple fact that I acknowledge what my government is doing and try and do what I can to change it (raise awareness, go out and confront outpost builders, tours of East Jerusalem etc etc), whereas you claim that the Indian presence in Kashmir is somehow benign.
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