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2004-11-17 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by tipper 2004-11-17 2:53:42 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The ICRC? Hell, I'll never do the Int'l Red ~~Thingy~~ Cross again. Who'da thunk it?

As for the others, especially someone who isn't embarrassed as hell by the title High Commissioner - well, sorry Em, but fug 'em. With a barbed-wire fence post. Dipped in pig shit.

Posted by .com 2004-11-17 4:19:32 AM|| 2004-11-17 4:19:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I give my money to the Salvation Army now.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-11-17 9:41:19 AM|| 2004-11-17 9:41:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hmm... where is the ICRC's (and HRW's) outrage about innocent civilians having their heads sawed off?

The Geneva Conventions do not apply to the terrorists.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-11-17 9:44:29 AM|| 2004-11-17 9:44:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I only donated to the RC once, for the Bali bombing victims. Next time, I'll find some other outfit besides the RC to send my $$$ to.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-17 11:03:21 AM|| 2004-11-17 11:03:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 bar, it's the Salvation Army. They get to disasters faster than the RC and they don't waste time there blowing their own trumpet. And if you donate enough, I'm sure they'll give you a subscription to their magazine War Cry

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-17 11:21:11 AM|| 2004-11-17 11:21:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Salvation Army is the way to go for donations. I actually worked as a bell-ringer one Christmas season while in college. One day two WWII vets stopped to chat with me, and each other. One had been in the Pacific, the other in Europe. One told how the Red Cross tent was charging GIs for donuts and coffee. The other told how the Red Cross had no room for him to sleep, but the head officer at the Salvation Army tent(s) gave up his own cot for him.

The Salvation army also did a FANTASTIC, and largley uncredited, job here in NYC post 9/11.

Posted by growler 2004-11-17 11:27:47 AM|| 2004-11-17 11:27:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I once sent the Red Cross a photocopy of a check that I gave to the Salvation Army instead.

Posted by 2b 2004-11-17 11:37:15 AM|| 2004-11-17 11:37:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The Red Cross/(Red Crescent)upholds the Geneva Conventions on warfare- so how come their ambulances move terrorists and weapons in Palestine?

Posted by Grunter 2004-11-17 11:52:23 AM|| 2004-11-17 11:52:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 As a Marine Da Nang near 3rd Div,a an Army SGT. tried to get me to salute a RED Cross puke saying he had "officer" status.I refused.He took my name,rank and serial number.Next day,I was outa there with 2/3 and my Marine C.O. said screw them.

Posted by crazyhorse 2004-11-17 1:38:00 PM|| 2004-11-17 1:38:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Note how the whole accusation depends entirely on the account of Kevin Sites. That the people were the same from one day to another, that they were not threatening, that they were "prisoners" etc. etc.

He is trying to set up the Marine. What's the penalty going to be for that?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-17 3:11:57 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-11-17 3:11:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Why we Shoot the Possums.
From Belmont Club

As the war continued to take its toll, parents in Live Oak and Gilroy learned this week that their only sons had been killed in Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeramy Ailes, 22, of Gilroy was killed Monday in Al-Fallujah by small arms fire.
``They had finished mopping up in Fallujah and they went back to double-check on some insurgents. From what we gathered, somebody playing possum jumped up and shot him,'' said his father, Joel Ailes, who learned of his death Monday evening. ``It's extremely hard.''

Posted by Jack Bross 2004-11-17 4:41:04 PM|| [http://achievergroup.com] 2004-11-17 4:41:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Growler:
When my Dad was on a Pacific transport returning from an operation the red crap (dad's words) gave him a razor and shaving cream and crackers, and demanded a receipt. The Salvation Army gave him $2 (10 percent of wages) and asked to be remembered in the future. The Salvation Army has been remember, the Rc despised even unto his grandchildren.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-17 5:30:48 PM|| 2004-11-17 5:30:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#13
Most US bases have a Red Cross office. The Red Cross has done countless good deeds for US servicemen all over the world. When a serviceman wants to go home to attend a funeral and doesn't have the money to go, the Red Cross pays his way. When a serviceman has a family emergency, the Red Cross might give him a loan. And so on and so forth.

I'm sorry, Shipman, that your father passed on his petty anger about this petty incident (if it really happened, which I doubt) down to his children and grandchildren.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-11-17 10:44:22 PM|| 2004-11-17 10:44:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I have been donating to Iraqi projects of Jim Hakes' Spirit of America.

Marines here are making a difference. Especially in the areas that they are sponsoring. Here is the link.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-17 10:58:57 PM|| 2004-11-17 10:58:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Gee, Mikey - I bet Kofi and Kujo also contribute from their pot o' dictater fund the red thingy...whotta surprise to see you in this thread

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-17 11:06:17 PM|| 2004-11-17 11:06:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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