Re: [Marxism] Marla Ruzicka

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

The old John Paul Vann story. Try to convince the rulers to fight cleaner wars, 
to win the hearts and minds of your victims.
To wit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/international/middleeast/18american.html?
"Later, she changed her tactics. In 2002, she attended a Senate hearing where 
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld testified about Iraq. Afterward, she 
walked up and shook his hand. 'I didn't scream,' she said recently. 'I thanked 
him for testifying. And I started talking about civilian casualties,' she said, 
laughing."

and

http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=2331
David Corn:
"Marla told one interviewer, "My long-term goal is to get a desk at the State 
Department that looks at civilian casualties." ..... Shouldn't a nation keep 
track of and be concerned about the damage done to civilians when it engages in 
military actions?

"She opposed the war in Iraq. But once the United States began killing people 
in Iraq, she wanted this mission conducted with true concern for those errantly 
harmed.
"Author Peter Bergen, a friend of hers, noted yesterday,
'One really interesting thing is that Marla was very opposed to the Iraq war 
before it began, but once the war started I never heard her express any opinion 
about the war itself. Once the war started she just wanted to help people who 
were hurt, not engage in a debate about the merits of the war. ....Marla had no 
patience for people who demonstrated against the war, and did nothing else. "
and Corn quoting the S.F. Chronicle:
"Marla and her organization have helped put a human face on the wars in 
Afghanistan and Iraq by identifying the victims and their needs, and by 
lobbying for assistance."


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