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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 03:24 PM
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How the Neo-Cons keep us in a state of constant war ***photo heavy***
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 03:26 PM by tjwash
Do you think that there is any end to our military involvement the Middle East in sight? Not as long as the PNAC group has their hand picked people in Washington. Start at "Step 1", keep waving those flags, and keep arguing about wedge issues.



Step 1)
Bush shamelessly uses 9-11 as an excuse to stage our troops in Afghanistan, and secure a pipeline deal through the country. After his families profiteering goals are met, he immediately forgets about Osama Bin Laden, and sets his sights on invading Iraq. The name “Osama”


disappears from the White House vocabulary, and gets replaced with “Saddam”





Step 2)
Helped by the “liberal media” Bush begins a series of scare tactics, such as mentioning “Saddam” “and “AL-Qaeda” in the same sentence, “yellow cake uranium”, and “smoking guns in the form of mushroom clouds.” The CIA reports that the assertions are dubious at best, and that the President already knows this. The American people, once again, choose to ignore this, and run over to be protected from the scary brown people, by this corrupt administration.



Well, everyone except for myself, and rest of the “anti-American peacenik commie pinko’s.” We tried, lord help us, we tried...







Step 3)
The media circle jerk and Bush backslapping starts, as the U.S. ignores the protests of the entire world, and fakes intelligence to justify invasion, and marches into Baghdad. Rove then starts a massive propaganda campaign, that consists of scripted “victory rallies,” where massive amounts of Iraqi people are bussed in, for photo-op purposes, and to prove how many “roses at our feet” the Iraqi people are throwing at us. One example of the “liberal media” that never reports the good things happening in Iraq.









Meanwhile, Bush shows the Iraqi people part of his personality that makes jokes, smirks, and giggles while signing execution orders. Oh, I'm sorry, he didn't know any of this was actually happenning did he? I forgot.







Step 4)
Bush declares “mission accomplished” while flying on board an aircraft carrier, not anywhere in or near the Persian Gulf mind you, but comfortably off of the coast of San Diego. Damn liberal media, they never report the good stuff:





Meanwhile, here are the people that obviously didn't get that darn memo, that the war is over. Just a little mopping up work, nothing to see here:








Step 5)
The circle jerk continues, as the “liberal media” still floods the American people with propaganda on how well the war is going. This time, we get subjected to weeks of crowing and backslapping as they capture Hussein, and kill his sons.





Meanwhile, I start to weep daily for the innocents caught in this illegal war.








Yoo-Hoo, over here! remember me?





Step 6)
Now the Iraqi election. Bush is once again fellated by the “liberal media” as the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and George Washington all rolled into one, despite his polls dipping into the 30’s (what the hell do we know anyway?). Yes, the Iraqi people are going to be self governed, despite the 14 permanent military bases that will assure our permanent occupation there.
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Meanwhile,here's a little group that didn't get the message that they are going to be represented by the new government now. After all, it's not a puppet government installed by an imperialistic occupying power or anything you know.








Iraq degrades into sectarian
violence and civil war, while the White House, once again denies that it is actually a “civil war”






Go back to step 1, replacing the word “Iraq” with “Iran.” and the vicious circle continues.


Yo! OVER HERE!! Damn… I feel as if I have “Bin Forgotten”. Although I’m sure that this guy is real sad that we have waded into a permanent war with the entire Islamic world. I don’t think he could have designed it any better in his best wet dream…

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BIgJohn83 Donating Member (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 03:29 PM
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1. Seems to be the MO for the Dubya* admin. doesn't it? n/t
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 03:31 PM
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2. K&R
Excellent
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 03:46 PM
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3. This is so powerful.
My eyes teared up and I have no words. Thanks you. K&R.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 06:02 PM
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9. I hate this whole illegal war.
I hate everyone who supports it. I just felt that faces needed to be put to casualty numbers.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 04:10 PM
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4. Kicked and recommended !
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 04:17 PM
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5. Kick. n/t
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 04:23 PM
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6. OBL should change his name to "Hassan bin Jaild"
(That's an old Carl Barks character name.)
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 04:52 PM
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7. And W should change his name to Hassan Bin Sobar
(that's a nod to the 3 Stooges)
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 05:05 PM
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8. I just call him "Osama Bin Forgotten"
nt
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 07:17 PM
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10. Powerful and heartbreaking tjwash. Thank you!
:applause: :applause:
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Catrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 02:51 PM
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11. Love your sig-line. This should be on the front page!
Saying it in pictures really gets the message across, and I love the line 'go back to step one and enter Iran instead of Iraq'. Great post, and great commentary also.

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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 06:31 PM
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12. Thanks much Catrina! I wish all felt the same.
We would have the kids home and no more innocents would suffer so needlessly. One of my oldest friends has two, heading for three, family members in the ME. Her husband in Iraq, son in Afghanistan and daughter deploying to Iraq with her bomb dog in June. I don't know how she stands it. We don't discuss politics much, they are a gung-ho family now (not pro-bush anymore though!), but I have known her so long we will never allow our political differences to ruin our friendship. They are family of my heart.

:hi:
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Catrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 10:56 PM
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13. Omg! Three of them at war ~ I don't know how she can stand that either
It's all so unnecessary ~ I really wish them well and that all return safely ~ you are a true friend ~ she is so lucky to have you by her side at this time, despite the political differences. But that's how it ought to be if this administration had not so divided the country. I nearly lost my family over this also, but they have finally awakened to the horror of it all so I'm grateful to have them back.

Take care, and I hope you'll be able to celebrate with your friend when this is over and her family is safely home ~

Those pictures are powerful, and seeing them in sequence like this is so moving, the way it all happened. It brings back memories of the beginning of the war when even I at least thought it would be short ~

It's beautifully done ~ I'm going to bookmark it ~ :-)
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 07:16 AM
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14. She is a very strong woman and I admire her
for the strength she has to support her family. They were all together at Christmas, hopefully not for the last time. :cry:

I wish my family would wake up to the delusions of *. My one sister and I have barely spoken in several years now. Two other sisters have just started speaking to me again, though one is still under the spell of the kool-aid somewhat.

I have hope that when they finally realize that I've been fighting to keep their children out of "the long war" they will come around at last. Until then...

* sure has been a divider like no other.:grr:

Powerful pics in the OP, agree!

Thanks for the kind words Cat. :hug:

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