New entry from riverbend

[oldtime dfl_er]

Heartbreaking.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

"The weapons never existed. It's like having a loved one sentenced to death for a crime they didn't commit- having your country burned and bombed beyond recognition, almost. Then, after two years of grieving for the lost people, and mourning the lost sovereignty, we're told we were innocent of harboring those weapons. We were never a threat to America...

Congratulations Bush- we are a threat now."

[quaoar]

1. More from her blog entry

"I hope Americans feel good about taking their war on terror to foreign soil. For bringing the terrorists to Iraq- Chalabi, Allawi, Zarqawi, the Hakeems… How is our current situation going to secure America? How is a complete generation that is growing up in fear and chaos going to view Americans ten years from now? Does anyone ask that? After September 11, because of what a few fanatics did, Americans decided to become infected with a collective case of xenophobia… Yet after all Iraqis have been through under the occupation, we're expected to be tolerant and grateful. Why? Because we get more wheat in our diets?

Terror isn't just worrying about a plane hitting a skyscraper…terrorism is being caught in traffic and hearing the crack of an AK-47 a few meters away because the National Guard want to let an American humvee or Iraqi official through. Terror is watching your house being raided and knowing that the silliest thing might get you dragged away to Abu Ghraib where soldiers can torture, beat and kill. Terror is that first moment after a series of machine-gun shots, when you lift your head frantically to make sure your loved ones are still in one piece. Terror is trying to pick the shards of glass resulting from a nearby explosion out of the living-room couch and trying not to imagine what would have happened if a person had been sitting there."

[burrowowl]

2. Bu$h should be tried

as a war criminal and for crimes against humanity.
And 49% or so of the American people seem to not give a shit. Beam me up Scotty!

[neweurope]

3. Heartbreaking as usual. But most interesting I found that part

(January 2nd) about the election. On all election cards it says "gender: male". Rove MUST have a reason for this. What could it be?

God, I hate them.


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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague

[JohnnyRingo]

4. This must have just been posted today....Thanx.

I still think the fuel shortage is a form of suppression: prevent troublesome mobility of citizens, and control a source of combustable bomb making.

<excerpt>
"We still can't get the generators going for very long because of the fuel shortage. Kerosene is really becoming a problem now. I guess we weren't taking it very seriously at first because, it really is probably the first time Iraq has seen a kerosene shortage and it is still difficult to believe."

Using the "boogey man as an excuse:

<excerpt>
"Zarqawi is so much better than WMD. He's small, compact and mobile. He can travel from Falloojeh to Baghdad to Najaf to Mosul… whichever province or city really needs to be oppressed. Also, conveniently, he looks like the typical Iraqi male- dark hair, dark eyes, olive skin, medium build. I wonder how long it will take the average American to figure out that he's about as substantial as our previously alleged WMD. "

But they're better off without Saddam?

<excerpt>
"Terror isn't just worrying about a plane hitting a skyscraper…terrorism is being caught in traffic and hearing the crack of an AK-47 a few meters away because the National Guard want to let an American humvee or Iraqi official through. Terror is watching your house being raided and knowing that the silliest thing might get you dragged away to Abu Ghraib where soldiers can torture, beat and kill. Terror is that first moment after a series of machine-gun shots, when you lift your head frantically to make sure your loved ones are still in one piece. Terror is trying to pick the shards of glass resulting from a nearby explosion out of the living-room couch and trying not to imagine what would have happened if a person had been sitting there. "

[DIKB]

5. If only . . .

All Americans were forced to read her blog.

To see what it's like from the other person's POV.

To see the suffering that will lead to future Terrorism.

We are our own worst enemies, our hands are forging the swords that will be used to gut us. Every abuse, every death of loved ones, every moment lived in fear. These are the hammer strikes forging the sword of vengeance which will eventually be turned on us. The Iraqi people will hate Americans for generations to come.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. I'd like to see a Sean Hannity interview.

...So he can tell her how grateful she is that the schools are open