Let me add to DeLong’s post. First, the idea that there is anything at all unseemly about associating with Rashid Khalidi is -- why mince words --
“„Eyewitnesses have described how its tanks fired directly into an apartment block, and how civilians were shot at as they tried to escape the fighting.
“„Research by the international investigative organization Human Rights Watch also points to indiscriminate use of force by the Georgian military, and the possible deliberate targeting of civilians.
“„Indiscriminate use of force is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, and serious violations are considered to be war crimes.