Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Freeance



This talking head on NBC was doing her 2 minute editorial on MSNBC cable news. They had done a story on Cindy Sheehan, who is camped out in Crawford, trying to get an audience with the infallible one (chimpy, not the pope).

She then showed these quotes from some local print media.


"Justin believed in what he was doing. Justin gave his life for the Iraqi people. He knew that was the price he might have to pay, and I stand by him 100 percent."



"As a Christian, I understand the need to help people who are suffering. I have not changed my mind in regard to the war."



Make no mistake; These people aren't insurgents and rebels. They're nothing but thugs and terrorists. You have to go after them.
I can understand a family member wanting meaning for a loved one's death in a war zone. I can appreciate the nobel cause they refer to.

But.. that was not how the war was sold, and had it been sold as a mission to rescue the Iraqi people from a dictator, it would never have happened.

So, what of the soldiers in Iraq who do not want to risk their life to free an oppressed people? Should they just get to come home?

What happens after Iraq? Do we invade North Korea?

Why isn't the talking head in Iraq?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree with you about Bush and this ridiculous no sense war. You mentioned N. Korea as being next but I would wager a guess that it is going to be Iran. What do you think? I don't know if it a totally Republican situation as I remember very well when Lyndon Johnson said (and these are his exact words) "I don't want to send your baby faced kids to Vietnam." But he did! And many of these "kids" are still in rotten shape from that war. That was as needless as this one. Added thought - I cracked up when I saw your side picture of Bush and the "Chimp" - a perfect match!

Anonymous said...

Silly, we don't invade countries that already have nukes! Duh! They might, oh, I don't know, use them to defend their sovereignity or something!

Iran is next, after the UN refuses to place sanctions (China has veto power) we'll illegally bomb the fuck out of them. Which will piss China off, in turn pissing everyone else off, and well, light 'em if you got 'em. Nukes, that is.

Mixter

Tom said...

As badly as Iraq has gone, I just can't imagine Chimpy starting another war.. Americans are generally slow to respond, and uninformed people, but I think even that would be crossing the line for them.