Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[tw]

From ABC News of 14 Nov 2007:

Blackwater Turret Gunner 'Paul': Why I Opened Fire in Baghdad
A 29-year-old U.S. Army veteran hired by Blackwater last year is at the center of the investigation into the Sept. 16 shooting incident that killed at least 17 civilians, U.S. officials say. ...

It was just the beginning.

He went on to describe why he opened fire on what witnesses have said were bystanders running from the scene.

"I started receiving small arms fire from the shack approximately fifty meters behind the car. I then engaged the individuals where the muzzle flashes came from," he said.

Iraqi officials say there was no such small-arms fire aimed at the motorcade of State Department officials.

The Blackwater guard's account describes why he continued to fire.

"I was told on our radio that the command vehicle was down and that we were still taking fire," he said.

In his statement, he said he then fired on a man armed with an AK-47, later described as an Iraqi police officer. ...

There was still one more target that the Blackwater turret gunner claimed to be an enemy threat in his statement, a passenger car he said he thought might be rigged as a bomb.


"There was a red vehicle backing toward the command vehicle. Fearing that it was a VBIED [vehicle-borne improvised explosive device], I engaged in order to stop the threat," his account reads.

These people represent the American flag in Iraq. Lookout123 approves of this. More dead inferiors means less surplus population.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Tw getting somebody's ideas wrongly fixed is the usual road, yes.

He's a lot better at troubleshooting autos than at the people arts, like politics.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Tw getting somebody's ideas wrongly fixed is the usual road, yes.

He's a lot better at troubleshooting autos than at the people arts, like politics.

..or carpet bombing.

[tw]

Originally Posted by richlevy

..or carpet bombing.

Yeph. Agent Orange killed that flea. Problem solved. Cheney would be proud of me. And now everyone asks where I bought the new carpet.

[tw]

From the BBC of 8 Dec 2007:

UK Guantanamo four to be released
Four of the five British residents held by the US at Guantanamo Bay are to be released, the BBC has learned. ...
The Americans accuse Mr el-Banna of being a prominent al-Qaeda recruiter and financier, Libyan Mr Deghayes of associating with al-Qaeda, and Algerian Mr Sameur of receiving combat training in Afghanistan.

Suddenly they are no longer dangerous? By torturing them with the words from god as told to George Jr, then these evil men have been repatriated? After spending years in prison without judicial review or writ of Habeas Corpus, then suddenly these four men are no longer part of an "international world wide organized evil empire of terror"? Wow. Maybe the Nazis had to right all along. Torture does work.

Did George Jr also convert the bogeyman after only asking questions in a secret underground White House prison chamber? Suddenly UG and classicman no longer have an enemy to blame for everything? What will they do?

A secretly released CIA tape proves that Hitler's bastard son, living in South America, has been secretly supplying Al Qaeda with weapons. Now we can 'Pearl Harbor' Brazil. That will make Urbane Guerrilla so happy. Guantanamo is conveniently placed to make this work. It's good to know how Guantanamo can reform terrorists. Even the most evil terrorists with stiff upper lips.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by tw

Suddenly UG and classicman no longer have an enemy to blame for everything? What will they do?

How and why did I get dragged into this?

tw, seriously, leave me out of your petty squabbles.

ktxbye

[classicman]

Originally Posted by article

"Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident...." ~snip~ ... an examination by Army doctors showed she had been raped "both vaginally and anally," but that the rape kit disappeared after it was handed over to KBR security officers...

Sorry still doesn't make sense.

[Ibby]

pssssst - tw was being sarcastic

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Ibram

pssssst - tw was being sarcastic

psst - so was my response.

Bt the question I posed remains to be answered, doesn't it?

[tw]

Originally Posted by classicman

Bt the question I posed remains to be answered, doesn't it?

You really must learn to read with care. Why do you see a "question" when even a question mark does not exist? What question? Maybe I should requote it for you? Naw. That would only create more questions without question marks. The world is confusing enough. [And who is Bt?]

[classicman]

What does that have to do with giving the rape kit to the company/employer of the accused rapists?

That simply makes no sense.

[tw]

From the NY Times of 19 Mar 2008:

Bush Says Iraq War Was Worth It
President Bush says he has no doubts about launching the unpopular war in Iraq despite the ''high cost in lives and treasure,'' arguing that retreat now would embolden Iran and provide al-Qaida with money for weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States.

Bush is to mark the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq on Wednesday with a speech at the Pentagon. Excerpts of his address were released Tuesday night by the White House.

At least 3,990 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003. It has cost taxpayers about $500 billion and estimates of the final tab run far higher. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglizt and Harvard University public finance expert Linda Bilmes have estimated the eventual cost at $3 trillion when all the expenses, including long-term care for veterans, are calculated.

Meanwhile neither Iran, Iraq, or N Korea was a threat. A wacko extremist has a political agenda to serve. Honesty is not George Jr - a problem when told what to do by god. All those 'axis of evil', it turns out, were not until George Jr began threatening them with 'Pearl Harbor' actions justified by a crusader's mentality. Guess who pays.

Curiously, this was also the 40th Anniversary of the My Lai massacre where American soldiers even used babies for target practice. All for the glory of another lying president.

[tw]

From the Washington Post of 2 Apr 2008:

Memo: Laws Didn't Apply to Interrogators
Justice Dept. Official in 2003 Said President's Wartime Authority Trumped Many Statutes

The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president's ultimate authority as commander in chief overrode such statutes.

Torture and international kidnapping of any non-American was declared legal by our wacko extremists. Another example of how corrupt one will be when a political agenda justifies action. Another example of why extremists are so dangerous since only an extremist would see nothing wrong here.

"It was legal. Therefore it is not 'evil'."

[classicman]

Originally Posted by tw

Another example .... since only an extremist would see nothing wrong here.

Where?

[spudcon]

Originally Posted by tw

From the NY Times of 19 Mar 2008: Meanwhile neither Iran, Iraq, or N Korea was a threat. A wacko extremist has a political agenda to serve. Honesty is not George Jr - a problem when told what to do by god. All those 'axis of evil', it turns out, were not until George Jr began threatening them with 'Pearl Harbor' actions justified by a crusader's mentality. Guess who pays.

Curiously, this was also the 40th Anniversary of the My Lai massacre where American soldiers even used babies for target practice. All for the glory of another lying president.

Which lying president would that be?