Collective Punishment

The U.S. military is in a generous mood. Islamic militants have been given an enormous gift. By collectively punishing Fallujah's residents and 'insurgents' alike, the U.S. military is most likely going to al-Qaeda's greatest recruiting tool.

Way to go!

Targetings insurgents sounds really terrific, but the reality is that for the gruesome execution style deaths of four westerners - and I am still apalled by that - the U.S. is going to punish an entire city of roughly half a million people. Do you think that 500 thousand people were involved in the deaths of four people? Hardly likely.

This is just the sort of thing that pisses the rest of the world off at the U.S. After the killing is over, we'll see if the U.S. got the guilty parties..it is unclear that we even know who these people are.

This action is atrocious. This should be a criminal issue. Find the perps and bring them in.

Democracy? Who the fu&k does Bush think he's talking to? A 7 year old could tell you that you can't bomb a population into democracy.

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pure bs exclusive:

I have a report from a psychiatric nurse just back from Kuwait. It's a lot more grim than most people have been lead to believe. She's a friend. I'll post it once I've done a proper job of telling her story.