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Just Klaatu's little joke.On Monday 11 October 2004 07:07 pm, Jonathan Kirwan did deign to grace us
with the following:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:13:22 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:
And who is going to enforce this obligation?
Gort!
But, she pronounced it, "Gourt!"
I was at the haberdasher's the other day, but couldn't find a
Klaatu Barada Necktie.
Was that supposed to be an insult? You can't even do that right.Barindead? You can't even spell "Brain dead" you primate.
The old 'fighting with one hand tied behind our backs...'.Free registration is required, but this article is worth reading.**
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20794-2004Oct9.html
A few selected quotes:
"Every day you read the articles in the States where it's like,
'Oh, it's getting better and better,' " said Lance Cpl. Jonathan
Snyder, 22, of Gettysburg, Pa. "But when you're here, you know
it's worse every day."
Pfc. Kyle Maio, 19, of Bucks County, Pa., said he thought government
officials were reticent to speak candidly because of the upcoming
U.S. elections. "Stuff's going on here but they won't flat-out say
it," he said. "They can't get into it."
"The reality right now is that the most dangerous opinion in the
world is the opinion of a U.S. serviceman," said Lance Cpl. Devin
Kelly, 20, of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Lance Cpl. Alexander Jones, 20, of Ball Ground, Ga., agreed:
"We're basically proving out that the government is wrong," he
said. "We're catching them in a lie."
Lance Cpl. Jeremy Kyrk, 21, of Chicago, said the insurgents took
advantage of the limitations imposed on U.S. troops. "They don't
give us any leeway, they don't give us any quarter," he said.
"They catch people and cut their heads off. They know our limits,
but they have no limits. We can't compete with that."
Asked if he was concerned that the Marines would be punished for
speaking out, Autin responded: "We don't give a crap. What are
they going to do, send us to Iraq?" [Cpl. Brandon Autin, 21,
of New Iberia, La.]
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** A few here say the Washington Post is nothing but liberal
reporting, but that's hogwash. When all hell broke loose last
summer in Falluja, the only direct on-site information came from
a BBC phone interview of a Washington Post reporter. His story
was different from what we heard elsewhere here in the US, but
about a week later the other news sources confirmed and changed
their reporting to match what I had heard in the BBC interview,
and it's still true. So I tend to trust Steve Fainaru's report.
The 'Court of World Opinion.' Don't underestimate it.On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:04:15 +0100, Paul Burridge
pb@notthisbit.osiris1.co.uk> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:19:09 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
Legally responsible? How?
As the "Occupying Power" - I can't recall which set of international
obligations it comes under, but I'm pretty sure we're all signed up to
'em.
And who is going to enforce this obligation?
Er, they didn't have a "civil war problem" until we created one forDo you mean, we owe it to the Iraqis to be sitting ducks, drawing
the fire of the factions, so they can go about their business in
blissful ignorance?
I'll bet real money that they'd figure out a way to deal with their
civil war problem, thank you very much.
Well, personally, if I had intent to "restore peace", the first thingOn Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:51:58 GMT, Rich Grise <null@example.net> wrote:
Do you mean, we owe it to the Iraqis to be sitting ducks, drawing
the fire of the factions, so they can go about their business in
blissful ignorance?
I'll bet real money that they'd figure out a way to deal with their
civil war problem, thank you very much.
Er, they didn't have a "civil war problem" until we created one for
them. It's now *our* responsibility to restore peace to their country.
Anything less would be a betrayal. I grant you we should never have
interfered in the first place, but it's too late to cry over that now.
Two points:Er, they didn't have a "civil war problem" until we created one for
"I wouldn't join a club that would accept the likes of me."Winfield Hill wrote:
Ouch. Has anybody posted a monthly plot of this stuff?
Not incredibly, the WORTHLESS LOUDMOUTHED RIGHT WING SCUM remain silent
on FACTS and verifiable information. Global Security has all the
CENTCOM data plus more links for a COMPLETE study of all aspects of "the
situation" on their Iraq Occupation and Reconstruction page:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_reconstruction.htm
For a *daily* plot of the insurgent attacks see the Significant
Activities (SIGACTS) link near top to the right of the page.
I just love it when you have these newsgroup morons and their "strong"
beliefs which manifest themselves largely in hallucinatory generalized
musings on pseudo philosophical bullshit- and then you have the reality
that most of these people are clueless scum who are blown away by the
slightest research challenge. USENET is a f--king sewer populated by
garbage- no doubt about that!