Hiding the dead bodies in Iraq has become an art

[NNN0LHI]

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Hiding the Dead Bodies in Iraq

On the subject of Iraq, Bush adamantly refuses to recognize the terrible human catastrophe he unleashed by launching this war of choice. There is never even a hint of personal guilt about the laundry list of war crimes committed by his post-mission-accomplished mismanagement of America’s newest colony.

This is a man as blind as Stalin when it comes to the suffering he has inflicted on millions of people around the globe. Like the former Soviet dictator, he probably subscribes to the view that the death of a single man is a tragedy and the slaughter of millions is a statistic. In private meetings with the families of fallen soldiers – he is said to demonstrate considerable compassion to the point of shedding a tear or two. Yet when confronted with questions about the number of Iraqi fatalities – he gets distracted by the fashionable attire of a reporter who cares enough to bring up the matter.

In his recent press conference – George Bush pushed aside the recent findings of a British study that estimated that over 600,000 Iraqis had perished in the war in Iraq. That’s one in forty of the inhabitants of the country he set out to ‘liberate.’ The American equivalent would be seven million fatalities – over twice as many victims as the combined American casualties from every war since the founding of the Republic. snip

Hiding the dead bodies in Iraq is a job that requires a considerable amount of talent. It is a task that would not be possible without willing collaborators in every major media outlet in America. We forget Iraq’s dead because CNN and FOX have erased their memory. Bush’s many blunders in Iraq would never have happened without the legions of neo-con pundits who were given free access to the editorial pages of the New York Times, The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

The grim reapers of the media controlled state hover like vultures above the carnage – indifferent to the killing fields below. Rupert’s minions - The Murdochrats – have been assigned to keep the score. The public square is infested with neo-con charlatans who drown out dissenting voices with the monsterous mass media apparatus under their command – allowing the carcasses of tens of thousands of human beings to disappear before our eyes.

[malaise]

1. Kick

Bush and Blair can't hide 655,000 bodies forever. They are war criminals.

[rodeodance]

2. and REC.

[madokie]

3. and when the chickens do come home to roost, what a roasting it will be

spell check

[rodeodance]

4. W= "this shallowest of men "---well said

During his recent press conference, Bush kept on assuring his audience that he understands a whole bunch of things. He must have repeated it a hundred times. “I understand this” and “I understand that.”

It goes without saying that this shallowest of men makes his policy decisions to ‘stay the course’ based on his ‘understanding’ of events in Iraq. So, it is only fair to ask how he could possibly make rational judgments when he doesn’t even care to find out or comprehend the scale of violence that is the daily fruit of his criminal invasion of Iraq.

With media allies like Rupert Murdoch and CNN, Bush can be as inflexible and ‘misunderstanding’ as he wants to be.

[qanda]

5. Very glad to add the 5th recommend

And here's a kick. :kick:

[Jacobin]

6. Ovens? Or Mass Graves?

[izzie]

7. May be they are looking at it like this. Not so bad only 500,000

were really killed? I do not know what that type of reason is called. Also picking something out that is wrong in it and taking the whole study down. Even if it is a mis-spelled word. I have lived with this type reasoning for years until I learned not to hear a thing that was said.

[acmavm]

8. Did you (or could you have) ever imagined a time when you

would hope and pray for the day to come when an American pResident, VP, and all his dirty little co-conspirators went on trial for war crimes?

I just have a hard time someday with the realization that this has happened.

[NNN0LHI]

9. I am 51 and I never would have imagined it could come to this

But it has.

Don