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[parapaz]

trish came into my A.G.E. class today and talked about civilians in fallujah being forced to wear unremovable wristbands like a tracking device. men are ordered to clean up the rubble, garbage of U.S. soldiers. recently soldiers have taken to rounding up insurgents and strapping them on the tanks, a "trophy prize," and parading them around the

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[anonymous]

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/kill-n18.shtml

-ian

[parapaz]

it's terrifying isn't it? and the worst part is i just don't know what we can do...
interesting article though, i'm glad the situation is finding it's way into the media.
is this ian welch or ian johnson or ian from nova?

[quasidipitous]

No way, AMERICANS mistreating Iraqis? Not Americans! We're perfect! We're number one! Everyone loves us! We are bringing them the American dream of Democracy and mud-slinging elections and we ask nothing in return except for their oil.

Disgusting. Disgusting disgusting disgusting.

[parapaz]

well it's for our own protection ya know, they're all TERRORISTS over there in iraq or iran or saudi arabia or afghanistan... they're all the same anyways.

aaahhhhhhhhh let's just fuck it and move to canada!

[quasidipitous]

Yup, evil terrorists, every one. They want to take our freedom, our apple pie, and our virgins. And we're safer now that Saddam Hussein is gone and we've created a new staging ground for terrorism!

Yeah, Canada wants Americans. I give America four more years. If another conservative Republican with "moral values" gets elected next time that's it, I'm outta here.

[singonbaby]

war is so despicable. there are no good guys in war. I just cant understand how people PEOPLE can do things like that. wherever they are from. I just cant understand...it makes me sick to my stomach

[parapaz]

i know what you mean.
the soldier in that article that killed an innocent civilian in a mosque was someone's son, or brother, or boyfriend, or dad, or nephew, or friend. a REAL PERSON with feelings and a conscious and a family.
i just don't understand.

[singonbaby]

I think that is one of the biggest tradgedies of war. The dehumanizing of everyone involved. The victim of course, and then also the person who allows themselves to be so manipulated and dehumanized that they would commit such an unconsciounable act as part of a system.

[blackcat5]

yeah, seeing a grown man like joe cry... that would really put things in perspective. i think its terrible beyond words what the united states is doing in the middle east... *sigh*

[parapaz]

indeed. there's nothing to weigh you down like following the news.