Re: What Is Jonnie's problem here?

Rat & Swan wrote:

> Jonathan Ball wrote:
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> > Rat & Swan wrote:
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> > > With casualties at 10,000 and rising daily -- Yeah, it was less violent.
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> > Most of those Iraqi casualities were military.
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> But jonnie -- didn't our Glorious Leader (or is that Fearless
> Leader, a la _Rocky and Bulwinkle_? )tell us the war was over
> and we won it?  If the war is over, how can those we kill be
> military casualties?

Stick to your numbers.  You have bandied about a 
figure, 10,000.  They were mostly military casualties.

> >  They're morally legitimate, and completely different from the 3,000 
> > American casualties inflicted by criminal terrorists in a single day.  
> > Iraq civilian casualties are legitimately considered collateral:  we 
> > were not trying to attack and kill civilians.
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> Now, I'll say _you're_ lying.  Our campaign has all been about
> targeting civilians.

Ipse dixit, and completely false.

This is the vile sentiment that is treasonous in 
spirit, if not as a matter of law.