This Earth Day, educate your fellow citizens about food safety. The Center for Food Safety publishes the Food Safety Review, a series of papers on genetic engineering, bovine growth hormone, mad cow disease, and other topics of importance to your health.
Iraqi resistance fighters shot down a helicopter north of Baghdad yesterday. The commercial craft, owned by the Bulgarian company Heli Air, was carrying 6 U.S. security contractors, 3 Bulgarian crew and two Fijian guards. All were killed.
The dead are being referred to as civilians, which they technically were, but they were hardly bystanders to the war. They were mercenaries. The U.S. occupation is making heavy use of mercenaries in Iraq. Perhaps this is because they are inherently unaccountable for their actions, unlike uniformed soldiers who are supposed to obey the Geneva Conventions as well as U.S. law. American officials waging a war with hired troops can pretend they are not responsible for the mercenaries’ war crimes, a very convenient position for a government waging an illegal war of aggression.
For those who’ve believed the President when he talked and talked and talked about personal responsibility, this must be a little confusing. Keep in mind that when conservatives talk about personal responsibility, they mean other persons.
