The American atrocities we refuse to see: Doctors Without Borders, fumbling officials & our blindness to civilian deaths - Salon.com
▻http://www.salon.com/2015/10/06/the_american_atrocities_we_refuse_to_see_doctors_without_borders_fumbling_off
The Kunduz attack is notable for its blatant horror. Yet it is also notable because we are talking about it at all. The attention paid to the story is absolutely worthwhile, but, if we are being honest, we’re also paying attention because of who the Americans hit.
Doctors Without Borders is an organization with over a billion dollars in funding. It has a Nobel Peace Prize. It has nearly a million followers on Facebook and over half a million on Twitter. It has clout, very powerful connections and an international megaphone. It is worth considering what might have happened had it not had all of these things. How quickly would the story of the Kunduz attack have died down if an ordinary Afghan hospital had been struck? How much more easily would media outlets have been able to peddle the initial stories of why the attack took place if Afghan doctors unconnected to a high-profile group like DWB were the only ones contradicting them?