Ali’s Reviews > Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War > Status Update

“After the war, critics would charge that although civilian deaths directly attributable to the bombing campaign numbered in the hundreds or low thousands, tens of thousands more died from disease, degraded medical care, and the deprivation of adequate food and clean water. In this issue no moral certitude obtained. The attack on Iraq was a far remove from the pristine, surgical pricking described by George Bush and his surrogates, yet it was equidistant from the fire bombing of Dresden and Tokyo. In the end the war was of a piece with all wars: unpredictable, cruel, and violent, damning the innocent and guilty alike.”