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  bongy3371 year, 8 months ago

  .....And the Bush administration's debacle plays on....

  How long must our children continue to die for a LIE??

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  Meimei531 year, 8 months ago

  How many American soldiers were killed, I'd like to know those specifics. Deaths are terrible, no matter who, but it is curious to me that the story doesn't say who died.

  I work with the public and every single military person I talk to and every parent/relative/friend of anyone who has and is serving in Iraq wonders why the media here neglects to mention at all the positives, and there are many. It's a war. It's always bad, but, as in WWII, there is a chance to change that country; the Japanese were ferocious against the U.S., but look at them now. As was Germany and later the USSR. And China. Democracy can be put in place. This is the only way to work towards a more peaceful world. Having had a sibling do a year in Iraq, having friends and children of friends (these "children" are adults who volunteered for this work), what I hear from them is disappointment in our media and the portrayal they present of the situation to the American public.

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    IcCaRus1 year, 8 months ago

    sheesh, where do i start? ok, from the top.. what positives? i dont give a damn that 1 US soldier helped 1 Iraqi, blah, blah, blah. look at the BIG picture- over 3000 of those "children" you talk about DEAD and god only knows how many innocent Iraqis as well. Iraq now a breeding ground for REAL terrorists, who see us as invaders and occupiers, NOT the liberators Duh-bya promised we be greeted as. and for what? so the CEOs and shareholders of a few corporations get big dividend checks and bonuses?

    what RIGHT do we have to "change that country"? its NOT our country. who gave us the right to plunge Iraq into turmoil that will last long after we are gone? what if other nations decided they needed to "change our country"? how would you like iranian, chibese,or venezualean troops on our streets? would you greet them as liberators?

    if MY sibling was in Iraq id be FURIOUS that Duh-bya risked their life for nothing more than PROFIT.

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      IcCaRus1 year, 8 months ago

      comparing this to WW2 shows you dont know the history of EITHER conflict. Iraq did NOT attack us as the Japanese did. Iran is NOT blitzkrieging their way across the Mid East the way Gernmany did in Europe.

      the media is the media, and its ALWAYS about ratings with them. the military should understand that by now.

      people say those of us against this war arent "supporting the troops". thats hogwash. we are outraged that they were sent to die in a war for profit and the PNAC agenda based on LIES. outraged that less were sent than the generals said were needed, then the gens were fired, and then we sent more men anyway. outraged they werent properly equipped. outraged they werent trained for occupation. outraged there was NO plan for after "mission accomplished". and finally, OUTRAGED that this criminal administration STILL looking us in the eye and lying to us and those soldiers about it all. after 9/11 the world loved us. NOW they hate us, whose fault is THAT?

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  IcCaRus1 year, 8 months ago

  as to the story itself. these deaths are tragic, especially since they didnt have to happen. my heart goes out to the families of every american and innocent iraqi killed in this criminal war.

  the current administration should be tried under the RICO statutes. this war is an "ongoing criminal enterpeise" if ever there was one.

  and before any1 says im not a patriot or dont support the troops... the "troops" have nothing to do with the lies and crimes of the administration. they have nothing to do with the criminally inept way the war is being fought either. for that matter, neither do the generals; if they disagree with Duh-bya they get fired. HE and DICKY are running the war, and badly, VERY badly.

  they are doing the best they can in a bad situation (thats getting worse by the day) that they should NEVER have been put into i the first place.

  how bout we "support the troops" by NOT sending them into places they dont need to be sent in the first place.

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