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Mutterings over the graves of soldiers
On Memorial Day we'll hear about men who gave their lives for their country, but many lives were not given, they were taken, and taken stupidly and carelessly.
By Garrison Keillor [2008-05-21]

  • Chiefpayne, I have never seen so many illogical arguments outside an Ann Coulter column.

    If it isn't native Iraqis fighting us, it must be Al Qaeda? That statement only makes sense if a) you seriously believe that no native Iraqis are fighting us, and b) that all "terrorists" are "Al Qaeda." In which case, you probably think that McCain knew what he was talking about when he said that Iran (a Shi'ite Muslim stronghold) was training Al Qaeda (Sunni Muslims). That's like saying that the Rev. Ian Paisley was training IRA Catholic terrorists. Unlikely!!

    The native Iraqis wouldn't attack us? You think not, even after our bombs and our trigger-happy Blackwater mercenaries have killed a lot of innocent civilians? After we smashed their infrastructure to heck,occupied their country for five years, and failed to restore even the most minimal services? You don't think that most normal human beings would find that just a wee bit humiliating, and maybe even get angry enough to set a bomb or two in the path of the invaders?

    -- Susan Wood
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    Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:17 PM
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