US Marine; "It's kind of a shame, we've killed a lot of innocent people"

[LynnTheDem]

Kind of, huh. And is 911 also "kind of a shame"? Not that Iraq or any Iraqis had anything to do with 911, of course, as all but the incredibly ignorant bushbots know. But is it just "kind of a shame" when NON-Americans are killed?

The Economist on the indiscriminate contempt for, and killing, of our Iraqi subjects.

http://economist.com/ (reg req'd)

or

http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2005/01/kind_of_a_shame.php

[marc_the_dem]

1. hey

shit happens when freedom is on the march...

[frankly_fedup2]

2. I wonder how much "a lot" is??? (nt)

[lebkuchen]

3. As our military community reasons

these "folks" would have died (been tortured, raped, sodomized, fill in the blank) under Saddam's regime anyway, so what difference does it make?

[indepat]

6. That someone is even worse than Saddam?

[Dangerman]

14. Someone like...

George W Bush?

[achtung_circus]

7. "these folks" would die of causes other than those attributable to Saddam

Life carries its own death sentence. By that logic the entire world is fair game.

[lebkuchen]

12. Yep

I guess that's why the US is contributing a mere $350 mil to Central Asia, under extreme pressure. "These folks would have died some day."

I found out what happens to govt. workers registering personal, one on one, contempt for such "logic," by refusing to support a policy that promotes the exact same behavior which the govt. professes to abhor.

Computer impoundment. I got it back though :) , but now "they" are sending me computer virsuses after I'd put a stop to the anonymous messages being placed in my work mailbox. What next? My car keyed? Personal assault?

Fascism is making a comeback in a big way for 2005.

[deutsey]

4. In order to save them, they had to kill them.

:eyes:

[tk2kewl]

5. Raptured them

[quaoar]

8. I feel sorry for a lot of these Marines

They were told they were going to Iraq to help the oppressed Iraqis yearning to breath free and now they find themselves in a quagmire where they don't know who to trust.

A lot of them will come back disfigured mentally as well as physically. A lot of them will find it hard to live with what they have seen and done.

[DELUSIONAL]

10. It's kind of a shame that so many Marines are dying for a lie.

[Bridget Burke]

13. They were also told of a link between Iraq & 9/11.

Bush & Co. never actually said as much--in fact, they've denied it. But Bush keeps using the phrse "since 9/11" in his speeches. And the spurious "War on Terror" links this illegal invasion with the crime of 9/11.

We've got the education & the leisure to learn the bigger story. But these guys (& girls) were fed propaganda.

[Mike Niendorff]

9. just for the record:

"killing a lot of innocent people" is more commonly known as "mass murder".


MDN

[King Coal]

11. Lynn, where about is the story in the Economist?

[LynnTheDem]

15. "American army tactics in Iraq"

http://economist.com/world/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3524840&bypass=1&pbuviewed=1