Comments on: Requiem

By: badick

badick — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:56:31 +0000

I must admit that since Sept. 2005 when my son returned from a year in Iraq, I have avoided reading stories like this. My wife and I both used to watch the Iraq casualties sites vigilantly, reading almost as much as we could trying to understand what our son might be going through. And we would sometimes have to go through fairly extensive periods of time without hearing from him while he was out on a mission. The uncertainty was excruciating. Although I try to stay on top of the big picture politically as much as possible, the stories about what is actually happening on the ground over there are almost too much. The news this morning of course hit me the same way, and it is difficult to hold back the tears as I type this…….

By: avenging_angel

avenging_angel — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:52:39 +0000

Following up on my last post:

Voting doesn’t help. Writing, calling, harassing my alleged representatives in Congress doesn’t help. Praying doesn’t help.

NOTHING is going to change! Dammit, dammit, how does one deal with this? Enough is enough!

We’ve been saying this for years, though!

What the hell am I left with aside from my rage?

By: avenging_angel

avenging_angel — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:48:59 +0000

Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby:

I’d gladly give my life for the chance to rip their guts out with my bare hands. I am so livid I cannot even see.

Is there really not a goddamn thing we can do?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:28:07 +0000

Bush is killing our babies. He changed the policy to torture and kill now it’s legal to do the same to our troops. Other countries are leaving Iraq while Bush sends more of our kids to die for the oil Halliburton is stealing. When will all the people stand together and stop Bush from killing our kids.

By: Adie

Adie — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:18:12 +0000

I know [sp]. . . “Iraqis” . . .

[they call me Columbo - always just one more thing, sigh]

By: Adie

Adie — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:15:02 +0000

on the Tues. 6/20/06 Lehrer report:

2 guest experts on the Al Qaida / Iraq problem were interviewed by Lehrer.

If I understood correctly, they essentially agreed Al Qaida influence was not much more welcomed in Iraq than was the U.S. presence. But their influence grew & was tolerated largely as an outgrowth of Iraqies’ growing resentment of U.S. [bushco] actions in the country.
Further, Al Qaida presence in Iraq has devolved into use of the area as a base for sending out cells to other areas in the world., since that apparently seemed more productive to the Al Qaida leaders’ plans than trying to win Iraqies over to their way of thinking.

If the above is true, does this scenario not totally fly in the face of what the administration has been, and still is, trying to “sell” to American people as the reason(s) for “staying the course” in Iraq?!

I have no idea what happens to posts made this late on a thread. I guess I’ll find out, or not . . .

Thanks to everyone for a heartfelt, meaningful, albeit wrenching discussion on this topic today. AND especially to Christy for a super-human effort to keep things going.

Jane: you and your mom are in our hearts and prayers.

By: angie

angie — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:27:59 +0000

btw, the deaths of the soldiers happened in 2004– new update. they are reassuring us that it has no bearing on the Iraqi forces today.

I hate that I cannot believe anything I hear.

By: angie

angie — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:16:19 +0000

Ok, now I see that you were serious Jose. You know nothing about Islam. You know absolutely nothing. There is no human sacrifice permitted in Islam. “They are not sick people”. I don’t know your God, but I do know what they believe in. I have actually studied world religions and not just in a mini survey course. Your xenophobic racism is foul and a product of an uneducated, unexposed mind full of fear. How many American and coalition soldiers pray before they kill for God and Country? For your own sake, study someplace other than LGF or at the feet of the Neocons. How many human sacrifices have we made??????? How dare you impugn a religion and its followers with the statements you make? They are not EVIL. Is the infant of a Muslim woman and man inherently evil?

People of all religions have misused religion for their political causes. Every single one, including Christians, Jews, Muslims and more. They have done unspeakable violence in the name of religion. Our country is no exception.

I tried to interact with you earlier by giving you the benefit of the doubt. You seem to advocate the eradication of billions of good, faithful, GOD- loving people. And yes, Jose, it’s the same GOD.

I am sorry I tried.

By: Jose Chung

Jose Chung — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:47:19 +0000

[I absolutely will not tolerate ignorant bigotry on this blog. Try education. — CHS]

By: DragonScholar

DragonScholar — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:34:47 +0000

People ask what we can do. We can vote, we can donate, we can act.

But we also have to REMIND.

These issues need to be shoved in the face of media, of the republicans, the public. It needs to be done every day at every hour. It needs to be t-shirts and marches and bumperstickers. It needs to be in email and livejournals and blogs.

If we progressives have any problem its that there’s SO many things wong in this country its hard to pick a few to rally around. It’s a buffet of wrong.