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Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't the problem
The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
By Gary Kamiya [2008-03-25]

  • funker

    Oh, and the fatality count in Vietnam, for Americans (the only lives that count, right?) was over 58,000. I know. I went to the long black wall and ran my fingers over the names of friends and brothers who died for nothing. I served 68 to 72, so don't give me that patriotic bullshit. Those men and women died for politics, as the 4001 (and at least 1500 "contractors" who are privatized military) have died for oil and stupidity. Their bravery, their honor, their amazing commitment, is for oil, ironically, and for the bloated ego and warmongering monomania of Bushit. Semper fi.

    -- tom payne
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    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 07:43 PM
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