Author Topic: Hold On to Your Humanity - An Open Letter to GIs in Iraq (Read 2321 times)

Virage · « **on:** November 17, 2003, 07:51:23 PM »

http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=26483&lang=en

Gadfly · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2003, 07:59:34 PM »

He makes some good points, damn shame he can't keep his politics out of it.

Gadfly · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2003, 08:08:47 PM »

More from him:

White supremacy

Wesley Clark is an Ass-Kisser

Slobodan Milosevic is no war criminal

We are not faced with a choice between socialism and capitalism, but socialism or barbarism

Me: Sorry, This guy is a Nutbag

Jeez, I can't believe I have never heard of this freak. Oh wait, yes I can. Read some of his stuff, he is a raving ****in' lunitic.

Virage · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2003, 08:45:12 PM »

Interesting articles Gadfly.

Are you sure he is a nutbag?

mrblack · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2003, 08:49:00 PM »

One word

PROZAC

Gadfly · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2003, 09:01:01 PM »

Pretty sure, are you not?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2003, 09:40:18 PM »

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What they didn't tell you is that over a million and a half Iraqis died between 1991 and 2003 from malnutrition, medical neglect, and bad sanitation. Over half a million of those who died were the weakest: the children, especially very young children.

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And they are not going to forget that the United States government was largely responsible for the deaths of half a million kids.

UMMM THEY SELL OIL....THEY GET FOOD!

THEY GET FOOD....IF THEY SELL OIL?

how hard is this to understand? The amount of oil that IRAQ can produce buys a ***** LOAD of *****ING FOOD and MEDICINE!

all these posts a letters about sadam being a humanitarian award winner just fills my heart with warmth.

Thrawn · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2003, 10:24:43 PM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
how hard is this to understand? The amount of oil that IRAQ can produce buys a ***** LOAD of *****ING FOOD and MEDICINE!

The problem was clean drinking water. The Bush Sr. adiminstration targeted water purification plants and infrastucture, knowing if sanctions were then placed on certain commodities hundreds of thousands of Iraqis would die. They then sponcered a resolution to put sanctions on those commodities. The Bush Sr., and Clinton administrations got regular reports on the situation on Iraq, and why it was happening.

Gadfly · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2003, 10:28:13 PM »

Thrawn, not that is is worth arguing with you, but can you back that up? My understanding is that those facilites were speciffically not hit.

Thrawn · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2003, 10:44:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Gadfly
My understanding is that those facilites were speciffically not hit.

Sure give me about 1/2 hr, it's been awhile I have to do a bit of digging.

Martlet · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2003, 10:59:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Sure give me about 1/2 hr, it's been awhile I have to do a bit of digging.

tick tock tick tock

Thrawn · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2003, 11:09:05 PM »

"During allied bombing campaigns on Iraq the country's eight multi-purpose dams had been repeatedly hit, simultaneously wrecking flood control, municipal and industrial water storage, irrigation and hydroelectric power. Four of seven major pumping stations were destroyed, as were 31 municipal water and sewerage facilities - 20 in Baghdad, resulting in sewage pouring into the Tigris. Water purification plants were incapacitated throughout Iraq."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/091700-01.htm

The allies also target the Iraqi electical grid which had a further cascading effect on the water/sewage treatment infrastructure.

Gadfly · « **Reply #12 on:** November 17, 2003, 11:11:16 PM »

Published on Sunday, September 17, 2000 in the Sunday Herald (Scotland)
Allies Deliberately Poisoned Iraq Public Water Supply In Gulf War

Sorry, Thrawn, you will have to get a better source than that.

Thrawn · « **Reply #13 on:** November 17, 2003, 11:13:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Gadfly
Published on Sunday, September 17, 2000 in the Sunday Herald (Scotland)
Allies Deliberately Poisoned Iraq Public Water Supply In Gulf War

Sorry, Thrawn, you will have to get a better source than that.

What would you find acceptable? And why is the one posted not?

Gadfly · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2003, 11:15:41 PM »

Because any source that would say that we poisoned someones water is inherently biased, as well as stupid. Big 3, Thrawn-ABC, BBS or even CBC.