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Dick Cheney Personally Directs Killing of Iraqis!!!

Dick Cheney Personally Directs Killing of Iraqis!!!

I suppose I should have misspelled something in that title...

In response to this (misspelled) article I have shamelessly copied this from PWOT… an excerpt:

DEATHS LINKED TO U.S. MILITARY...
Posted 11.17.05

...as reports surface that  White Phosphorous artillery shells used by troops have resulted in the deaths of Iraqi insurgents.

The burning shells are normally used to light areas of the battlfield at night, so that the enemy can be spotted and then driven away with loud bursts of rap music.  Critics now claim that during the Battle of Fallujah American soldiers realized that the shells, which explode in a burst of white fire hotter than the center of the Sun, are actually quite fatal and that aiming them directly at the enemy would simply save a step.

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“This is an outrage," says Sandra Kiebold of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Terrorists, Insurgents, and Trans-Evildoers.  "Did George Washington found this nation by killing people?  George Bush, you call yourself a Christian.  Tell me, can you imagine God killing people?"

According to embedded journalists, enlisted soldiers are using other weapons designed specifically to kill their targets. One weapon, referred to by soldiers as a ‘rifle’, ignites packed powder charges in a closed chamber causing an expansion of gas. This propels a chunk or lead or depleted uranium through a hollow cylinder at high velocity, aimed to literally punch a hole through the body of an insurgent.

Go read the whole thing… I would like to point out that the PWOT article is actually better researched and more factual than the “article” linked in my first sentence.

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Reply #26 Top
.... uhm depends on who you ask I suppose. When I was really young, they were considered savages... then about the time of Costner's Dances with Wolves, they were in trend.... now, since theyre ALLOWED to have casinos... once again theyre BAD..... I guess when you're not white, then youre used to the trends.
Reply #27 Top
.... uhm depends on who you ask I suppose. When I was really young, they were considered savages... then about the time of Costner's Dances with Wolves, they were in trend.... now, since theyre ALLOWED to have casinos... once again theyre BAD..... I guess when you're not white, then youre used to the trends.


uhuh.."how" did you get on Indians? "We're" talking about Iraq and Iraqi's, NOT American indians.
Reply #28 Top
War is a nasty business. You fight to win and use the weapons that are effective in Killing the enemy before they Kill you. As a former artillery officer, WP is BAD stuff but effective aginst some targets. The most important issue is, Should a country go to war? If the answer is Yes, then you fight to win and keep your cauualties as low as possible. You do that with superior force in numbers,tactics and firepower.
Reply #29 Top
War is a nasty business. You fight to win and use the weapons that are effective in Killing the enemy before they Kill you. As a former artillery officer, WP is BAD stuff but effective aginst some targets. The most important issue is, Should a country go to war? If the answer is Yes, then you fight to win and keep your cauualties as low as possible. You do that with superior force in numbers,tactics and firepower.


I think this is the second position Gene has taken that I can agree with completely, at least on its face. However, Iraq isn't like previous wars, especially WWII where a (somewhat) reliable estimate of enemy strength & numbers could be made.

I believe the administration and the top military brass had the invasion force needs figured out quite well but both underestimated the number of troops needed to maintain the peace, or at least a peace acceptable to administration critics and the press, though I remain unconvinced it was "knowable" before Saddam was toppled.

On the other hand, what the press & the administration's critics would consider an "acceptable" peace is unclear (to be kind), and I have no doubt that, had twice the number of troops gone in & stayed, and we had no insurgency for all intents and purposes, the press and Bush critics would be yammering on about Yanqui Imperialism & the "oppressive occupation" of Iraq, not to mention the waste of money in sustaining such a large military presence there, keeping so many soldiers & guardsmen away from home, yada, yada.

The press are truly blinded by their antagonism over the liberals' loss of political power, something that just frustrates the hell out of them.

Cheers,
Daiwa