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Monday, June 30, 2003
Discovering why Rachel Corrie died
Israel has concluded that the death of a peace activist from Evergreen State College was a total accident. That could be.
She was engaged in an inherently dangerous undertaking when she tried to prevent a bulldozer's destroying the home of a doctor in a Gaza Strip refugee camp.
But we ought to withhold final judgment. Some statements and photos seem to contradict a military prosecutor's conclusion.
The U.S. government, the Olympia area's congressional representative and her parents all deserve to see the final report. Without that, serious questions will remain.
At least until the report can be read and carefully analyzed, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird's call for an independent U.S. investigation continues to make sense. A neutral look by Corrie's own country would add to the sense of fairness in the conclusions.
It's clear that this was a young woman of uncommon compassion, committed to fairness for Palestinians. However she died, she left an impressive legacy, as the Evergreen State students made clear in remembering her at what should have been her June 13 graduation.
Somewhat similarly, Americans understand (better than the Pentagon does) the value of settling questions around Pvt. Jessica Lynch's capture and rescue. But, ultimately, the conclusions won't change the honor due Lynch, who put her life on the line for something larger than herself, as did Corrie.
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