GUILFORD-A term often used regarding a military action is "collateral damage." This term masks the cold, hard truth of killing the innocent and destroying an environment.
Honest reporting would entail the use of words that openly describe the reality of what occurred, which might help more of us to be outraged and motivated to fight against it.
Use of unbridled power, at all costs, may produce short-term military gains, but the price we pay as a people, by sacrificing our humanity, is devastating and unrecoverable.
Michael Szostak
Guilford
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