The last man to die for a mistake hasn't died yet
The last man to die for a mistake hasn't died yet
An American soldier was killed in a rocket attack at the Basra airport in southern Iraq this weekend. The man's name has not yet been released -- I will come back and update the post when it is -- but one imagines he was much like his comrades sent to the Persian Gulf, a can-do American focused on doing his job and getting it right. That doesn't change the fact that it is a mission that -- no fault of his own -- was badly mistaken from Day One. More than seven years later, good people -- Americans and Iraqi civilians -- are dying still from the wreckless and treacherous mistakes of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and their cronies.
There was no call for a celebration when the news dribbled out last week that the last U.S. combat units had withdrawn from Iraq. It is only mildly satisfying that President Obama is finally sticking to a timetable to end a war that was launched under false pretenses way back in 2003. Today, there are still 50,000 American soldiers in a volitile region of the world, and the soldier who died this weekend won't be the last, unfortunately. It was nearly four decades ago that John Kerry asked who would be the last to die for the mistakes of Vietnam, and it's been three years since Bruce Springsteen asked the same question about Iraq.
Who will be the last to die for this mistake?
Sadly, we don't know yet.
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Wow, every word in that comment was a lie -- I actually didn't think it was possible for you to stoop so low, batty. Not sure why I thought that now.— will- So people going to airports to spit on soldiers returning from Vietnam is a lie? Do you think it hasn't happened more recently? It would probably happen more often if DOD hadn't gotten smart and have most military personnel flying home landing on military bases where access can be controlled.— buttermilk67
- Buttermilk, what ever you think of those who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there are certainly legitimate differences of political opinion, there has been remarkable respect bordering at reverence at times, from the Left toward the rank and file soldiers fighting the war. The idea that someone is looking in 2010 for access to spit on returning soldiers is ludicrous, frankly.— will
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- Will, maybe if you had write a post saying you are jealous of a lying, adulterous, tax-stealing, hypocrite, like Mark Sanford, batboy might not read each and every one of your posts and show up in each of Attytood's threads to comment about his obsession with your physique.— Talking point sleuth
- We're coming home in victory? What exactly was the war about except for conservative lies? Bill Atkins needs a mental health exam. People like him are living a fantasy life where they ignore the truth and believe in the lies passed down to the sheep masses by their lying, treasonous leaders.— RightWingHypocrite
- Check out what happens to a non-white fella when he walks through the crowd at the anti-Replacement Building for the Ground Zero Burlington Coat Factory crowd. It isn't pretty. (Funny, he seems to be the only black person in the entire video. I wonder why that is?) http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/37006_Video-_Anti-Mosque_Mob_Turns_On_Black_Union_Carpenter— Talking point sleuth
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- Check it out from another angle. The hilarious thing is that the guy isn't even a Muslim. Too funny. Just a bunch of peace lovers protesting that a new building will replace the Ground Zero Burlington Coat Factory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_N0F63eSEk&feature=player_embedded— Talking point sleuth
- --snip-- At one point, a portion of the crowd menacingly surrounded two Egyptian men who were speaking Arabic and were thought to be Muslims. "Go home," several shouted from the crowd. "Get out," others shouted. In fact, the two men – Joseph Nassralla and Karam El Masry — were not Muslims at all. They turned out to be Egyptian Coptic Christians who work for a California-based Christian satellite TV station called "The Way." Both said they had come to protest the mosque. "I'm a Christian," Nassralla shouted to the crowd, his eyes bulging and beads of sweat rolling down his face. But it was no use. The protesters had become so angry at what they thought were Muslims that New York City police officers had to rush in and pull Nassralla and El Masry to safety. "I flew nine hours in an airplane to come here," a frustrated Nassralla said afterward. --snip-- Nice. But don't forget, they aren't saying that moderate Muslims don't have a right to replace the Ground Zero Burlington Coat Factory. Too funny.— Talking point sleuth
- Bill - no Soldier who gives his life in the service of his nation "dies for a mistake." The argument is childish, that's why Kerry the boy, not Kerry the Senator made it. At least Phil Donahue is honest when he says he hates the military.— dragoon6
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