Freedom and democracy? Or torture and murder? What does the United States of America stand for today? After Abu Ghraib, shocking revelations reach us of Taleban bodies being burnt and placed facing Mecca and Saddam Hussein being subjected to torture.
I am guessing that the journalist who penned this piece has forgotten what the USSR was like towards people that spoke their minds. History means little to the MSM even if they are Russian. It is not amusing that the Russian MSM is still bringing up charges that have been proven to be in the minority of cases and for which we have prosecuted the offending parties. It appears that they would like to ignore the rape chambers, humans being fed into plastic shredders, fathers shot in front of their children, and genocide that was commonplace under Saddam Hussien and try and accuse the U.S. of being evil. They ignore the human rights violations still taking place in their own country to take pot shots at the U.S. Again, no matter, we can address this point by point. Keep in mind that this is not even an American journalist but I willing to bet the NY Slime would love to have this reporter as a mouthpiece!
The United States of America of George W. Bush makes a mockery of his country’s culture, history and Constitution. Far from being the land of the free, the land where dreams come true, George Bush’s Washington is the Great American Nightmare. With its foreign policy dictated by a clique of conservative corporate elitists, the procedure followed by Washington today is one of bullying, belligerence, deception, deceit, lies, mass murder, criminal negligence, criminal and wanton destruction of civilian structures with military hardware, war crimes and increasingly, torture.
I guess this is self evident but casualties of war are not considered murder under international law. There is no such thing as a war without civilian casualties. It is a horrible and mournable thing to be sure but the simple fact of the matter is that more people, civilians, would have died under Saddam in the same amount of time as we have been in Iraq. Due to the war population growth has actually increased because less people are dying. Nevermind that the death toll is greatly overblown and anyone dying of an IED is counted a death towards the U.S. civilian casualty count. Ignore the fact that people of Iraq actually want us there, that they have parades for our soldiers, offer them gifts, thank them, and more. Let’s all concentrate on a few bad apples instead of the overall picture. Let’s level charges against the U.S. government that would have had us in chains in Siberia if the U.S. government hadn’t won the cold war. We ask that you cease using your brains and look at only what we day. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Let’s call the current state the Great American Nightmare when polls show that the U.S. people agreed about the war and only after the MSM started ignoring stories of WMDs found by soldiers and concentrating on the vile acts of a very few did the public opinion waver. Maybe the axis of evil is founded in the U.S. but I have my doubts that it is the current administration and I think it will outlive this administration or the next…
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By getting the message out. I have no money to send Pat but I want to throw up the trailers from youtube and link him so maybe some of my readers can send a little his way. Pat believes in this so much that he done got blowed up filming this.
I am going to warn you. These are not nice videos. They show the reality of war and the ways our boys deal with that reality. If you are offended by body parts, coarse language, or patriotism then don’t click them…
If you can look at that picture and the explanation for it and not tear up, feel pride in our country, and/or feel indebted to our USMC then I am not sure I want to know you. Thanks to Misha for posting that picture and helping me to realize that there are much bigger problems our there than my petty day to day issues.
Whether or not you agree with the war in Iraq these men are willing to die for your freedom. No matter how misguided you think the current administration’s ambitions are these men are the one that will insure that you will always have the freedom to voice that sentiment. These are men who are willing to die simply to give you the right to hate them. Does that make them better than you and I? In some cases I think so and in others maybe not. All I know is that we owe them a debt of respect. Our flag, our borders, our freedoms were all bought with the blood of men who were willing to stand up and serve when called. I for one will be spending a few minutes tonight reflecting on why I am able to drive over 1,000 miles to go home and to do so spending my time worrying that there is a poopy kid in the backseat rather then worrying about a roadside bomb. I have someone else to do that for me, far away, in another land. I would gladly trade any one of them.
In case any of you were wondering I cannot join the service. I was disqualified years ago for physical ailments. I tried to join and I would have served proudly. I want to say thank you to those willing and able that do serve. Thank you for everything.