We regret to inform you...

[ro_astarte]

While this is not personal bad news, I still feel kicked in the gut at this story and its implications.I'd like not to believe it. Very much so. But in a war that has brought us Abu Ghraib, and a burgeoning insurgency fueled by the arrogance of our leaders, I can't dismiss it out of hand

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[debg]

If Seymour Hersh says he got a call, he got a call.

Anyone have any questions about why the hell we have to get Bush out of office, why we need an international referendum on Iraq?

Anyone else not alive or old enough to remember Viet Nam?

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[ro_astarte]

I don't doubt for a minute Hersh got the call.

As I was already firmly in the regime change camp, there's no argument from me there.

There was a story today about a whole squad of reservists who were arrested for refusing to take fuel to troops because their own vehicles were so compromised they couldn't do it safely.

I haven't had a chance to write it up here, but the story is linked on www.dailykos.com.

Even one massacre like this is too many, and I find this story credible. Which makes me fear for the soldiers who are telling.

That's what makes me sick. Among many other things.

[debg]

Exactly. I remember Viet Nam all too well. I remember Lt. William Calley, and the My Lai massacre all too well.

Conscience is disappearing from the American landscape faster than the ozone layer.

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[ro_astarte]

Conscience is endangered, but it can still be saved.

It will take concerted effort over a long stretch of time, but even here in Texas, I believe we can change the way people think-again-as the Repubs have done.

What I'm reading about the state political landscape gives me hope, even though Bush will undoubtedly carry Texas even with the angry, spittle ridden face of a man out of control.

He must be a nightmare to his family as well, but as cold as it seems, I prefer he be their nightmare than the worlds.