Dear G. Gordon Liddy:

[No Exit]

"It is this kind of disrespect...."

Imad Khadduri , Free Iraq

January 12, 2006

"Last weekend an American special task force unit raided my house. It was precisely the kind of terrifying experience I have had described to me over and over again by Iraqis I have interviewed in the past two-and-a-half years. My wife, Zina, described it as like something out of a Hollywood action movie.
It began at half past midnight on Saturday when explosives blew apart the three entrances to my house. We thought we had been caught in a bombing, but then a rifle sneaked round our bedroom door and shot a couple of bullets blindly; suddenly our room was filled with the wild sounds of US soldiers.
My three-year-old daughter Sarah woke to this nightmare. She pushed herself on to me and shouted "Daddy, Americans! They will take you! No, no, not like this daddy ..." She tried to say something to one of the soldiers but her tears stopped her from speaking. Instead of blaming the soldier I could see she was blaming me. I tried to calm her down but as I did so the soldier threw me on to the ground and tied me. They then took me downstairs and made me sit in the living room while they smashed every piece of furniture we have. There were about 20 soldiers inside the house and several others on guard on the roof. A blue-eyed captain came to me holding my Handycam camcorder and questioned me aggressively: "Can you explain to me why you have this footage?"

(snip)

With a broad smile, one of them said: "No. There was a mistake in the address and we apologise for the damage."

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Dear Felon Liddy:
In the 1990's I was deluded enough to listen to your radio show on my car radio. I recall your ceaseless and very animated complaints, complete with bloodcurdling descriptions, about the "jackbooted thugs" of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Among many other atrocities, I remember you harped on one of the many episodes in which they broke down the doors of innocent people's houses--because in that particular episode, after discovering they had the wrong house, they viciously stomped to death the family's pet cat on their way out.

Please read and comment on the above article. I ask this because I just can't figure out why you no longer seem to be particularly concerned about government excesses. Perhaps it is because now your own party is in complete charge of the government.

I realize you are unlikely to read this at a site called "democratic underground". But since I have no way to contact the rich and famous, I just decided to use the forum on which I currently like to write comments.

BTW, who did you vote for in 2004? (Warning: trick question! Ha ha!)

No Exit

[ewoden]

1. G Gordon held a whole lot more than his hand

over the flames of that cigarette lighter back in the halcyon days of his Nixon years. I think he left his head in the oven too long.

[No Exit]

2. Yes--he's now a pathetic old man.

It's just that when I read this article about the ordeal of this man and his family, my immediate memory was of the hair-raising tales of "jackbooted thugs" from the ATF... tales which Liddy used to scream repeatedly from his radio show. I'm happy to report that I haven't heard his radio show in years; not only do I think it tanked, even in this red state market, but I wouldn't listen to it even if it were still on in this area.

Just try mentioning "Randy Weaver" or "Waco" to any wingnuts you might encounter. They will go off like rockets, spewing indignation. Yet when you mention the rape and pillage of an entire country, they simply smile and say "Well, I'm just in favor of anything that kills ragheads." When asked why they hate "ragheads", they speak of 9/11. Yet I haven't even seen any evidence that shows that ANY "ragheads" were even the people responsible for 9/11. How stupid the red-state residents of Dumfukistan, USA, are...