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Re: "We don't do body counts" Huh?



"Mr. Obvious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:17:53 GMT, Billary wrote:
>
> > That was funny...You liberals have a very narrow view of Bush
supporters.
> > And a big bad socialist view of "evil corporations".   VP Cheney didn't
need
> > a war to reap obnoxious profits.  No person in pwoer needs a war to
profit.
> > All anyone in authority has to do is just casually mention the word
"war" to
> > a liberal mainstream reporter and then short the oil markets.  The press
> > would have a field day with the story...No one would have been killed
and he
> > would have made hundreds of millions of dollars.
> >
> > This is about defeating terror not reaping profits.  That's why Howard
"the
> > duck" Dean will lose to Mr. Bush.  It's time you got on the bandwagon.
> > You're on the wrong side of history.
> And you STILL don't see anything wrong with this picture. History is
pretty
> much going to be over very, very quickly if Dubyah gets elected. It won't
> matter who is on which side.

Arguing with "Billary" is about as useful as trying to teach a pig to sing.
Just thought I'd warn ya.

> All Iraq has ever been about is profit. Political profit, monetary profit.
> We create 10 new terrorists for each one we kill. They all have brothers
> and sisters and aunts and uncles and mothers and fathers and sons and
> daughters who now want revenge. We are polarizing the entire Middle East
> against us; not just the radicals, everyone.
> My view of Dubyah's supporters is based upon what you say, which is very
> narrow bandwidth--- Dubyah's way or the highway. I have never seen anyone
> who supports Dubyah in this group question ANYTHING the man does. Is he
> perfect? Apparently so in your mind.

The word "mind" doesn't apply to Billary.

> I don't get on any bandwagon, ever. Sheep get on bandwagons.
> Baaaa baaaa, Billary.
> >
> >
> > "Mr. Obvious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:17:47 GMT, Billary wrote:
> >>
> >>> Iraq is now 54 trained terrorists lighter than they used to be.  And
> > Harry
> >>> complains.  Anyone of those 54 could have lived to kill another
American
> >>> another day.  And this bleeding heart linguini spined liberal
complains
> >>> about 54 terrorists going to meet their maker.
> >>>
> >>> Why do you hate America so much Harry?
> >> Speaking only for myself, I don't hate America. I hate Dubyah's
duplicity
> >> and lack of moral fiber. I hate the fact that he has only one
goal---just
> >> one--- and that is getting elected. He doesn't care about you, me, the
> >> American people, the economy, the soldiers he has put in harm's way for
> > the
> >> bottom line of Cheney/Halliburton.... All he cares about is his
election.
> >> And apparently you NeoCons don't see anything wrong with this picture.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Harry Hope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>> From The Boston Globe, 11/14/03:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/11/14/
us_stays_blind_to_iraqi_casualties/
> >>>>
> >>>> The mantra of the military from Tommy Franks down to his spokespeople
> >>>> was, "We don't do body counts."
> >>>>
> >>>> The most bald-faced expansion on that policy was given in April by
> >>>> Brigadier General Vincent Brooks of Central Command.
> >>>>
> >>>> "In all cases, we inflict a considerable amount of destruction on
> >>>> whatever force comes into contact with us," Brooks said.
> >>>>
> >>>> "It just is not worth trying to characterize by numbers. Frankly, if
> >>>> we are going to be honorable by the warfare, we are not out there
> >>>> trying to count up bodies."
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
............................................................................
> >>> ...............
> >>>>
> >>>> From The Associated Press, 12/1/03:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-newsbrief,0,1411218.stor
y?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
> >>>>
> >>>> U.S.: 54 Iraqi Fighters Killed in Battle
> >>>>
> >>>> SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) --
> >>>>
> >>>> The U.S. military said 54 Iraqis were killed in the northern city of
> >>>> Samarra as U.S. forces used tanks and cannons to fight their way out
> >>>> of simultaneous ambushes while delivering new Iraqi currency to
banks.
> >>>>
> >>>> But residents said Monday that the casualty figure was much lower and
> >>>> that the dead were mostly civilians.
> >>>>
> >>>> ___________________________________________________________
> >>>>
> >>>> Harry
> >>>>
> >>





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