Friday, April 07, 2006
Pacifica Commentary for April 5, 2006
Veterans Speak Out
The veterans from the everlasting Iraq War have recently completed a march through Alabama, Mississippi and on to New Orleans in Louisiana.
Here are some of their comments as they marched:
"I ran over a little kid and I killed him."
"I know the war was wrong and I am sorry."
"When any explosive device went off we were told to shoot anything that moved."
"This war is not about freedom."
"We were told these are not people, they are animals."
"If you look at them as human, how can you kill them?"
"I went up to an Iraqi, hugged him and said I was sorry. He told me it was OK."
"I keep taking sleeping pills every day, I don't want to wake up."
"This is a total disregard for humanity."
"We know it was wrong and we are sorry...I mean killing civilians indiscriminately."
"These people in Washington are a greater threat than the terrorists."
"I did not fight for freedom in Iraq."
These are just some words from the Iraq Veterans as they marched to New Orleans.
Hundreds of thousands of these "uninjured" veterans are coming home to join the tens of thousands of those severely wounded physically or mentally and to reflect on the endless number of innocent victims in Iraq who are flippantly dismissed by the obscene word, "collateral damage."
From the United Kingdom we have Sean Rayment's article in The Telegraph where he speaks of secret talks by the dogs of war in a planned attack on Iran. In the absolute spiritual void and darkness of military planning, warped minds are discussing an attack on Iran with Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from US Navy ships and submarines.
Further attacks would include B-2 stealth bombers equipped with eight 4,500 pound enhanced BLU-28 satellite-guided bombs flying from the Island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The intent of this evil concept is to eliminate nuclear weapons which Iran does not have. The effect of this evil concept will be to tear thousands of children and civilians to pieces while convincing over a billion people that war has been declared on Islam. Aside from being a crime against humanity, such an attack on Iran will profoundly endanger the security of our citizens as well as the rest of this endangered planet.
The veterans from the everlasting Iraq War have recently completed a march through Alabama, Mississippi and on to New Orleans in Louisiana.
Here are some of their comments as they marched:
"I ran over a little kid and I killed him."
"I know the war was wrong and I am sorry."
"When any explosive device went off we were told to shoot anything that moved."
"This war is not about freedom."
"We were told these are not people, they are animals."
"If you look at them as human, how can you kill them?"
"I went up to an Iraqi, hugged him and said I was sorry. He told me it was OK."
"I keep taking sleeping pills every day, I don't want to wake up."
"This is a total disregard for humanity."
"We know it was wrong and we are sorry...I mean killing civilians indiscriminately."
"These people in Washington are a greater threat than the terrorists."
"I did not fight for freedom in Iraq."
These are just some words from the Iraq Veterans as they marched to New Orleans.
Hundreds of thousands of these "uninjured" veterans are coming home to join the tens of thousands of those severely wounded physically or mentally and to reflect on the endless number of innocent victims in Iraq who are flippantly dismissed by the obscene word, "collateral damage."
From the United Kingdom we have Sean Rayment's article in The Telegraph where he speaks of secret talks by the dogs of war in a planned attack on Iran. In the absolute spiritual void and darkness of military planning, warped minds are discussing an attack on Iran with Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from US Navy ships and submarines.
Further attacks would include B-2 stealth bombers equipped with eight 4,500 pound enhanced BLU-28 satellite-guided bombs flying from the Island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The intent of this evil concept is to eliminate nuclear weapons which Iran does not have. The effect of this evil concept will be to tear thousands of children and civilians to pieces while convincing over a billion people that war has been declared on Islam. Aside from being a crime against humanity, such an attack on Iran will profoundly endanger the security of our citizens as well as the rest of this endangered planet.
