While she was First Lady, in 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt predicted what future wars would look like. She wrote:
“Gases and airplanes will not be directed only against armed forces, or military centers, they may be used for the breaking of morale in the opposing nation. That will mean shelling of unfortified cities, towns and villages, and [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
On modern warfare:
Thursday, November 30, 2006
On cruelty and leadership:
Monday, November 27, 2006
As Saddam Hussein’s trial on genocide charges for his treatment of Iraq’s Kurds in 1987–1988 goes on, we continue to hear about atrocious acts that were committed under his leadership. On Monday, November 27, 2006, an Iraqi Kurd testified in disturbing detail about seeing his family shot and killed by one of Saddam’s firing squads. [...]