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| Fifth Column |
| The war on Iraq has made moral cowards of us all |
| 2004-11-04 |
| ...Civilian deaths have always been a tragic reality of modern war. But the conflict in Iraq was supposed to be different - US and British forces were dispatched to liberate the Iraqi people, not impose their own tyranny of violence. Reading accounts of the US-led invasion, one is struck by the constant, almost casual, reference to civilian deaths. Soldiers and marines speak of destroying hundreds, if not thousands, of vehicles that turned out to be crammed with civilians. US marines acknowledged in the aftermath of the early, bloody battle for Nassiriya that their artillery and air power had pounded civilian areas in a blind effort to suppress insurgents thought to be holed up in the city. The infamous "shock and awe" bombing of Baghdad produced hundreds of deaths, as did the 3rd Infantry Division's "Thunder Run", an armoured thrust in Baghdad that slaughtered everyone in its path... I am rubbing the soles of my shoes on 'The Guardian', and reminding them of the millions of helpless Nazis their countrymen helped gleefully slaughter in the infamous "World War Two". |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 "everyone in it's path", or just the ones pointing weapons? You decide. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-04 6:17:16 PM |
| #6 I find The Guardian very useful for wrapping fish and house-training a puppy. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-11-04 3:22:08 PM |
| #5 A muslims life has about as much meaning as 2 goats butting heads. ALLAH FUCKBAR !! Never Forget - Never Surrender |
| Posted by: Churt Snoluque1836 2004-11-04 3:14:33 PM |
| #4 The tables can be turned on Scott Ritter (Senior UN Weapons Inspector, Iraq 1991-1998). If he and his comrades from the UN had of done their jobs better and not have rolled over for all the Oil for Food revenue, all these alleged civilian deaths would not have occured. Make no mistake, Scott Ritter is out for himself and no one else. |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2004-11-04 3:11:20 PM |
| #3 Oh, no! If only I had known this, I wouldn't have voted for Bush! Why, oh why, hasn't the mass media kept us informed of all the terrible things that the Americans have done in Iraq. Sorry, Scott. That article was so...November 1st. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-11-04 2:50:25 PM |
| #2 Hey, Scott Ritter. How ya doing? How's that diddling thing going? Have you beat the rap yet? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-04 1:24:26 PM |
| #1 And of course here in the UK every moonbat gasbag is quoting the Lancet's suicidal paper ridiculously inflating civilian deaths in the overarchingly arrogant self-assured 'I can lie as much as I damn well like because I know for sure that I'm correct' way that only lefties can. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-04 1:20:21 PM |