Gary Denton, showing his true colors: > I don't understand the 'shock' Americans claim to feel at the > lurid pictures. You've seen the troops break down doors and > terrify women and children. curse, scream, push, pull and > throw people to the ground with a boot over their head. > You've seen troops shoot civilians in cold blood. You've seen > them bomb cities and towns. You've seen them burn cars and > humans using tanks and helicopters. Is this latest debacle so > very shocking or appalling?
<snip> > There was a time when people here felt sorry for the troops. > No matter what one's attitude was towards the occupation, > there were moments of pity towards the troops, regardless of > their nationality. We would see them suffering the Iraqi sun, > obviously wishing they were somewhere else and somehow, that > vulnerability made them seem less monstrous and more human. > That time has passed. People look at troops now and see the > pictures of Abu Ghraib. and we burn with shame and anger and > frustration at not being able to do something. Now that the > world knows that the torture has been going on since the very > beginning, do people finally understand what happened in Falloojeh? > > And through all this, Bush gives his repulsive speeches. He > makes an appearance on Arabic tv channels looking sheepish > and attempting to look sincere, babbling on about how this > 'incident' wasn't representative of the American people or > even the army, regardless of the fact that it's been going on > for so long. He asks Iraqis to not let these pictures reflect > on their attitude towards the American people. and yet when > the bodies were dragged through the streets of Falloojeh, the > American troops took it upon themselves to punish the whole city. You don't know very many people in the military, do you? I don't expect anyone on this list, except the one or two reviled conservatives, to recoil or denounce this. Prove me wrong. Gary Denton hates America, hates Western civilization, doesn't even genuflect to the ridiculous fiction of "supporting the troops." There's a clear choice in November: Bush/Cheney or Kerry/Denton. Denton just said that the burned and mutilated bodies of some Americans in Fallujah were less offensive than some dumbitch from West Virginia pointing and laughing at some terrorist's dick. We must understand and feel guilty for being the cause of our own murder and mutilation, according to Gary. Fallujah still stands, and our forbearance means nothing to Gary. He can't tell the difference between feeding someone into a woodchipper and leading a prisoner around on a leash. Yeah, America blew it. We did bad things and didn't supervise sufficiently. We may even have killed a couple dozen people for no reason. Does the phrase "orders of magnitude" ring a bell? I'm done talking to Gary. I may be done talking to the rest of you. I've listened to your all your faux bitching about me not being nice to you when you've come to expect everyone to be nice to you no matter how stupid what you say is. It's been entertaining, I'll say that. I love plinking stupid people in the forehead. But Gary has gone way over the line. I can't wait to see what y'all will say now. I don't expect much, so surprise me, prove you're not just a cozy coterie of moral dilettantes. Mike Lee Liberal Patriot
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