Go Back to the B3 Home Page
Complaints, compliments, arguments? Email me.
[<< "That line below about the military having sense?"] [Archive Index] [>>"Wonder what this could mean?"]
11/08/2003 Archived Entry: "File this under 'flailing.'"
File this under 'flailing.'
Yeah, this will really stop the attacks. Riiiiight....
The U.S. military swept through Iraqi neighborhoods early Saturday, firing at houses suspected to be harboring hostile forces in the wake of an apparent attack on a Black Hawk helicopter that killed six U.S. soldiers.Backed by Bradley fighting vehicles, American troops bombarded buildings with machine guns and heavy weapons fire.
"This is to remind the town that we have teeth and claws and we will use them," said Lt. Col. Steven Russell, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.
Shorter US military: 'We're here to re-build your country, and we'll destroy the whole damn thing if we have to.'
Replies: 6 people speak up
Is there a site that tracks Geneva Convention violations? These actions in the last two days must violate several: shooting into civilian houses? I would think a tally from just one public source (as a notable restriction on input) such as the AP,or the Guardian (!), would make a strong statement.
I write letters to my local paper, and have had over 60 printed since JAN00. The paper prints ALL; with a 200 word limit, and only 1 bi-weekly. @00 words is hard! Here's my latest :
Troops_who cares 1 was 139; now 172 2NOV03 =22OCT03 11 days…33 dead
There’s 172 dead troops since dubya urged “bring them on!” The wounded, since 20MAR03, number two thousand. Bush doesn’t care and he has asked none but the troops to sacrifice. Remember his exhortations to “shop ‘til they drop?” Never been a war-time tax cut before. Bush hasn’t been to a single burial or memorial. But then, he knows not of sacrifice, or giving to his country. America is a cash-cow to bush.
Maybe it’s in his genes – here’s Mom, Barbara Bush on IraqAttaq eve, an ABC interview on 18MAR03 : “Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's gonna happen? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?”
Bush has treated the soldiers like dirt, the veterans worse, lying about available benefits, shorting funds, all the while wasting their supreme sacrifices. Virtually every policy in Iraq seems designed to make us lose the “hearts and minds” war. There are more terrorists with more sympathizers than ever. We have spread ourselves thin, everyone has our measure, we’re out of Saudia Arabia, we have very few allies – Holy Cow! Bin Ladin commented on our deficits! Who’s winning this “war”?
Here’s Republican Nethercutt’s (R-WA) stance : "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable ... It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day."
**************************end
PEACE,
Richard
Posted by Richard W. Crews @ 11/08/2003 04:08 PM NY
I have been so busy between greeting people at Walmarts and cleaning glory holes at the porn parlor that I haven't had much time to blog anymore. I can't keep all these NEOCONS at bay alone you know! Swing by the site and say hello. It's up and running again!
Posted by Barney Gumble @ 11/08/2003 08:58 PM NY
Latin: E Pluribus Unum
American: We Blow Shit Up
Now who's acting desperate?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/08/2003 09:10 PM NY
The Bush Doctrine: Our Way or Bombs Away (saw that on a great bumpersticker).
Republicans can kill wontonly, whore around, destroy forests, t
Posted by Yasmin @ 11/09/2003 12:35 AM NY
Damn repubs made me hit the wrong button. Where was I? Oh, yeah, destroy the world and everything in it, put an "R" behind your name, and the sheeple will swoon. Amazing.
Posted by Yasmin @ 11/09/2003 12:38 AM NY
That's a good one, Yasmin. Perhaps I should add an "R" after my name on my useless resume. Oh, I forgot, we're now in a period of economic expansion that the world hasn't seen since some bright guy decided to add a little tin to some copper and came out with bronze.
Looks like those Bush tax cuts have brought about the long-awaited Golden Age.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/09/2003 12:52 AM NY
