A remark Hillary made in her pilgrimage to the VFW somehow has been overlooked.

But one thing Hillary said is worrisome. She told the assembly that we need to stop fighting the last war, and prepare for the NEW war.

Whaaaaat?

What new war ya got in mind, Hil? Iran? North Korea? China?

It's amazing. Hil goes to Coretta Scott King's funeral and she suddenly develops a Southern black accent. She goes to the VFW and suddenly she's talking like Dick Cheney.

Can we please not nominate her? Please?

Meant for different Walsh thread.

I meant to include universal health care as a major system fix.

I'm a criminal? Go to hell.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Talk:Buddhika_Jayamaha

Talk:Buddhika Jayamaha

From SourceWatch

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Coincidence?

* Dilshika Jayamaha: "History of the Civil War in Sri Lanka and Female Suicide Terrorists," with Dilshika Jayamaha, journalist for the Associated Press and graduate student at John Jay College, who has covered Sri Lanka and the bloody war and terrorist campaign of the Tamils.

* Shale Horowitz[1] and Buddhika Jayamaha, Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Ethnic Conflict, in Karl DeRouen and Uk Heo, eds., "Civil Wars of the World," ABC-CLIO, Inc. (New York), January 2007.[2]

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References

1. ↑ Curriculum Vita: Shale A. Horowitz, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, accessed August 20, 2007.

2. ↑ Contributor, "Civil Wars of the World", ABC-CLIO, Inc., January 2007.

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Others possibles (mentioned in NYT article)

* Yance Gray: Yance Tell Gray was promoted to Sergeant December 1 2005. HQDA Monthly SGT/SSG Promotion Selection Name List, (Selected for 1 Dec 05 Promotion).

* Sergeant Jeremey A. Murphy

* See Benning Phase: "Jeremy Murphy" for Feb 11, 14, and 25 (MOS 11B Infantryman, 82nd Airborne) [2006].

* See Mountain Phase: "Jeremy Murphy" for Feb. 28 [2006].

* Sergeant Wesley D. Smith

* See "Your Heroes," 49ABCNews, August 16, 2007: "My husband is SPC Wesley Smith. This is his second 15 month deployment to Iraq. He's a medic who is really great at his job! He's extremely missed by me and all five of his kids..."

The military people of the United States get only one choice, stay in, or get out. They can't pick the conflicts they are sent to. They can only gear themselves up emotionally to complete the mission they are given. They don't have to believe in it, but they are bound by so many reasons to give it everything they've got, right up to the loss of limb and life itself. That's more commitment than civilians are asked to do in any normal aspect of their lives.

I think you are perfectly right to be mad at the civilians who let down the military by not stopping the drive to war. Those of who tried to stop it could have done more. We could have had a general strike, broken the law, tried by any means necessary to stop the war. But so could the soldiers.

The soldiers could have refused. It's happened before in history and even in American history. It happened in Vietnam. It happened in WWII. It happened to the French in WWI, and the Russians too. When the German troops finally refused to fight anymore, the war ended.

As long as the soldiers continue to fight, they bear responsibility for the war. If they refused, there would be no more war.

To say that the soldiers must obey orders, must go to war, even if they disagree, is to condone the actions of the Wermacht in WWII, the Japanese in WWII. To agree to perform an illegal act because you are honor bound does not make you honorable. It makes you a criminal.

What a wonderful and momentous event it would be if the entire military said "NO!"

The NYT OpEd states that Sgt. Murphy is expected to survive. It doesn't say he's expected to recover. A head wound very likely involves brain damage, which is something from which is is very difficult to recover. Perhaps he was lucky, and only had part of his face shot off.

You've got a screen name. Why not use it? It's hard to take anyone "anonymous" seriously if they don't even have the courage of their convictions to use a unique screen name which is plenty opaque enough to mask your identity. Right?

It's an amazing thing, isn't it Grim? You pass through the lobby of a convention of Vietnam vets in your uniform and you are greeted like a familiar friend even though we are decades apart, wars apart. We scan your uniform looking for the decorations you mentioned. If you were in combat, you are exalted above all others. We look to see what outfit you are with and where you've been and we know what each and every ribbon means even if to a civilian it looks like a bunch of colorful little do-dads signifying nothing.

It's good for us geezers and it's good for you too. We see a division patch we used to serve with and suddenly we are transported to a time when we were so young and full of life. Yes, you are like catnip to us. And we want to tell you that we're never going to let America ignore you and treat you like garbage when you return home, like what we got from 1962 to 1973 and beyond. We're going to make it right this time.

I'm glad to hear you report that things aren't as bad down at the VFW bar as they used to be. Except for the spaghetti and meatballs, and the karaoke.

Hooo Ahaaa, and welcome home.

I tried to find a "contact us" thing on TNR's site but couldn't.

Here's what I'm steamed about: I've been urging this essay on everyone I can, but the response I've been getting from many on the right is a refusal even to read the piece because they're saying these seven soldiers are just like that TNR Scot Beachamp (sp?) guy who made things up. I'm so angry at the TNR for not more rigorously fact-checking that guy and giving the right this stupid and lame dodge of an "excuse" NOT to read this important essay.

Thanks, just had to get that out. I'll continue to "spread the word" as it were, but I can't believe these cowards are actually REFUSING to read this essay.