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

Comrade and Fellow Traveler Billary,

I was out taking a whizz when this was being discussed, but I made it
back in time for the secret handshake.  Would you mind sharing your
secret neo-con meeting notes with me.  When I want to question Mr.
Bush, do I make my aluminum hat shiny side in or out?

"Billary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> We do question Mr. Bush when we think something is wrong. But we don't do it
> not on this newsgroup.  We have our own secret communications mechanism for
> doing that.   Would you like to know what it is comrade?
> 
> 
> 
> "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.
> > 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.
> > 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.story?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
> > >>>>
> > >>
> >