Tuesday, November 16, 2004
A Very Bad Day for the U.S. Military
First, your former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is forced by cutthroats to walk the plank:0 comments
Colin Powell Resigns as Secretary of State
Then, you have the military caught lying about there being no civilian casualties in Fallujah:
AP Photographer Flees Fallujah
Then, you have the 1st Infantry updating the horror or the atrocities of war, right out of Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam classic, Platoon (a special shoutout goes to all you Swift Boaters for Truth out there, who insist OUR side never commits atrocities):
U.S. Military Probes Shooting of Iraqi in Falluja
With Video:
U.S. Marines apparently shoot an enemy combatant who's pretending to be dead.
And this, via Daily Kos, on our military at home:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Army's long arm
So, if you hold the mistaken notion that there won't be a draft, hold on to your hats, it's going to be a bloody ride.
A draft in a just war would be a hard enough sell. But these kids see very clearly that this is a Republican War. Period. And they'll consider going right after Laura and the drunken twins go.
Expect riots in the streets that will make the Vietnam protests seem tame.
posted by Gotham 4:01 AM
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