Was “Black Hawk Down” a war crime?
by Sonny Bunch | January 13, 2009
An American war crime, that is. 800 Somali civilians dead compared to 18 American soldiers. Jeffrey Goldberg asks Mark Bowden whether or not the Americans committed a war crime. Bowden’s response is instructive. You should, as they say, read the whole thing.
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