NO DOUBT: THE BUSH ADMIN. IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IRAQI MASSACRES

[berni_mccoy]

By LYING to Congress with FALSIFIED INTEL to take us to war
By NOT listening to his generals before the war on troop requirements and planning
By FIRING those generals who disagreed with Rumsfeld and the White House Iraq Group (WHIG)
By REFUSING to plan for the post invasion scenarios
By DIRECTING the soldiers to guard oil depots and rigs instead of WEAPONS DEPOTS (over 300 THOUSAND TONS of explosives were allowed to fall into the hands of the insurgency)
By NOT LISTENING to the reconstruction team on near-term exit strategies
By DIRECTING soldiers directly from the White House to TORTURE prisoners at Abu Gharab
By IGNORING BIPARTISAN calls from Congress to REDEPLOY the troops

The Bush Administration, ALL OF THEM, ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE TROOPS ON THE GROUNDS.

The Bush Administration may as well have DIRECTLY COMMITTED the attrocities at Ishaq and Haditha and other destinations unknown.

The Bush Administration has disgraced our nation by ENABLING THE ENVIRONMENT for such ATTROCITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS.

AMERICANS MUST STAND UP NOW TO REMOVE THIS CORRUPT GROUP OF EVILDOERS FROM POWER. Those who DO NOT act are complicit in the evil their country is leveling upon our world.

[OKNancy]

1. Right!

:applause:

[babylonsister]

2. NO DOUBT AT ALL!

[The Blue Flower]

3. Haditha a microcosm

What the Haditha revelation has done is put a human, personal face on what the U.S. has done to the Iraqi people from the first day of 'shock and awe.' This kind of behavior has not only been tolerated but it has been the primary strategy of this so-called 'war' on terror.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. here's your 5th vote harsh but true kicked and recommended

:kick:

[Nimrod2005]

5. Far out....Kick and R

[nebenaube]

6. I concur

And David Brooks is an irrelevant asshole for his comments on pbs tonight!

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Absolutely. The buck stops at Dimson's desk!!!

[Merry Pason]

8. I think it started with Geneva Convention

I was listening to AAR today talking about the alleged killings and wondered how this could all come about. I know there are lots of contributing circumstances including breakdown of service discipline, horrible conditions, young inexperienced troops put in difficult situations, etc.

However, I believe the tacit, or not so tacit, approval of this behavior started when *ush and Company declared way back that:
1. It's a new world after 9/11, and
2. The United Stated of America did not have to follow Geneva Conventions for terrorists/detainees starting with Gitmo.
3. Plus *ushCo declared/intimated Iraq was responsible for 9/11, therefore
4. This attitude has now manifested itself in our once great troops with these alleged atrocities.

[arikara]

9. Responsible in an even more direct way....

Check out this thread that was thrown in the dungeon. The sources are Reuters and Robert Fisk but for some reason its considered to be tinfoil.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x92532

[New Earth]

10. They are fighting for oil at the present time

Funker Vogt - History

They were fighting for land in earlier days
Wanting to extend their living space
They were fighting for their faith a thousand years
Call it holy war - its the sum of your fears

They are fighting for oil at the present time
Want to suppress all of these crimes
Fighting goes on in the next decade
It will never stop until its too late
They will fight for water not far from today
A limited resource after the decay
They were fighting for land in earlier days
Thought they were a superior race

History repeats itself
The war will soon begin
Its already ten to twelve
We are almost within

A new war just started to avenge their nation
The war against terror - our new obligation
We are in a tunnel with no light at the end
The war is not over, there is more to defend

History repeats itself
The war will soon begin
Its already ten to twelve
We are almost within

[berni_mccoy]

11. It IS all about oil... it is the true international currency

And you can look at the graphic in my sig to be see just what these wars are all about.

[Toots]

12. I wish this were on the front page of every newspaper in America.

:kick:

[berni_mccoy]

13. I've given up on the media... they are just as complicit

in these attrocities.

[Adriana]

14. Bam. (video)

The marines kill the innocent Iraqi, lying half dead on the ground.

Then Cheer.

[Adriana]

15. Or even worse

Fuck Ya' is the song