1. Like the rest of the mainstream media, the Atlantic Free Press has apparently accepted by aclamation and therefore glosses over the fact that the agressor has managed to annex 1/6th the land mass of the U.S. (not including the territory where U.S. citizens have been killed or displaced en masse), consisting of 4% of the U.S. states. Sadly, not a single member of the public noticed this glaring omission. :)
2. (This one's less ":)") I find it a stretch to state that the U.S. has killed 1,000,000 Iraqis. We have inspired/enabled/motivated/released (I don't know the right word here) Iraqis and others to kill Iraqis, and as a complicated set of interactions and actions ultimately stemming from our invasion, 1,000,000 have certainly died, but I disagree with the statement that the U.S. ("we") killed these people. We no doubt have huge responsibilities for what happened there, but I think the clerics that motivate their armies to kill and the individuals who fire upon the innocent are beyond doubt culpable to some degree.
Afterall, it's a big mess, and there's mud aplenty to splatter upon everyone's face. No need to hog it all to ourselves.
Lest there be doubt, I think the Iraq Debacle started before 9/11 and snowballed ever step of the way into the laugh-and-cry embarassment-and-horror that we now own. But I see no need to assume ownership of mass murder committed by others on top of responsibilitie for our own actions.
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Date: 2007-09-24 07:30 am (UTC)2. (This one's less ":)") I find it a stretch to state that the U.S. has killed 1,000,000 Iraqis. We have inspired/enabled/motivated/released (I don't know the right word here) Iraqis and others to kill Iraqis, and as a complicated set of interactions and actions ultimately stemming from our invasion, 1,000,000 have certainly died, but I disagree with the statement that the U.S. ("we") killed these people. We no doubt have huge responsibilities for what happened there, but I think the clerics that motivate their armies to kill and the individuals who fire upon the innocent are beyond doubt culpable to some degree.
Afterall, it's a big mess, and there's mud aplenty to splatter upon everyone's face. No need to hog it all to ourselves.
Lest there be doubt, I think the Iraq Debacle started before 9/11 and snowballed ever step of the way into the laugh-and-cry embarassment-and-horror that we now own. But I see no need to assume ownership of mass murder committed by others on top of responsibilitie for our own actions.