I Am Become, ... Well, Something

You'd think a bunch of anthropologists would have something better to write, you know, like that next grant that might just require some public funding? Somehow I don't think Al Qaeda thinks much of their usual research and I'm not exactly feeling Oppenheimer's Bhagavad Gita moment in all this. h/t Ace

We, the undersigned, believe that anthropologists should not engage in research and other activities that contribute to counterinsurgency operations in Iraq or in related theaters in the “war on terror.” Furthermore, we believe that anthropologists should refrain from directly assisting the US military in combat, be it through torture, interrogation, or tactical advice.

Comments

[Steven Den Beste]

The simple question: who do they think should win?

Because what they're saying is that they refuse to do anything to help their own side win.

(...of course, maybe that's a net gain for their own side...)

[seekeronos]

...unless of course, the "Friends of OBL" offered to underwrite their dirt-digging projects well into the next century.

Ain't nuttin' that oil money can' buy, or so we might be lead to believe, until the wheels finally come off the Petroleum wagon sometime in the future.

[tally]

Guess they already forgot who blew up the Buddhas in Afghanistan.

[Purple Avenger]

I've been reliably informed Amish saboteurs got the Buddhas. Blaming the Taliban was western propaganda designed to denigrate the Taliban and pave the way for war.

[Capitalist Infidel]

Who cares what a bunch of BDS suffering grave diggers have to say?

[Terry Gain]

We, the undersigned, (being unethical brain dead liberals) believe the bloodshed should continue lest a Christian conservative receive crdit for liberating and pacifying Iraq.

[Terry Gain]

"I've been reliably informed Amish saboteurs got the Buddhas"

Careful PA, lefties are beyond parody and sarcasm.

[Kevin R.C. 'Hognose' O'Brien]

"If we've lost the anthropologists, we've lost..."

Well, nothing much, really.