This is interesting. I heard Zinn on the radio shortly after 9/11. he sounded like such a genial and reflective man. He was speaking about his experience as a bombardier in the Second World War and how that is what was the second thing he thought about when he heard the news of the attacks (second that was to his horror and shock.). He said that how easy it was to forget that there are real people with real lives and families that get killed (he was referring to the Mohammed Atta and his gang) but also remembering his own service. I think that his war experience changed his life.
I think that his war experience changed his life.
I read some of his stuff, including some biographical essays, and he sayts the same thing. I'm not a big fan of the "screw 'em- they shouldn't have attacked us" school mostly because, well..."'em" didn't attack us- it was guys w/Al-qaeda, who are being suppported by the taliban.
Having said that...I think we should keep bombing, even if we are killing innocents.