"Then it occurred to me: What if all those Americans who declare their support for Bush's 'war on terrorism' could see, instead of those elusive symbolsOsama bin Laden, Al Qaedathe real human beings who have died under our bombs? I do believe they would have second thoughts. There are those on the left, normally compassionate people whose instincts go against war, who were, surprisingly, seduced by early Administration assurances and consoled themselves with words like 'limited' military action and 'measured' response. I think they, too, if confronted with the magnitude of the human suffering caused by the war in Afghanistan, would have second thoughts."
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