I don't care which way you look at it. Wishing a repeat of a Black
Hawk Down incident upon our U.S. troops is still wrong. If I read
the New York Newsday correctly De Genova not only said, "I
personally would like to see a million Mogadishus." He prefaced it
with, "The only true heroes are those who find ways that help
defeat the the U.S. Military." He's deliberately wishing for the
downfall of our troops or the U.S military in general. And if all
the U.S. troops in the enitre armed forces were obliterated, who is
supposed to protect the country? I simply couldn't justify that
statement to the mother and father of a 19 year girl taken prisoner
of war nor any serviceman in Uniform for that matter. That was
strictly uncalled for with folks on the front line right now.
Nothing hurts worse than not getting support from home. Support the
soldiers, at least, if you don't support the politics of this war
because they took an oath of loyalty and service to defend our
consitutional rights whatever our views are, and some have already
died for it. That Mogadishu remark hit way below the belt.
What I don't understand is why anti-war activists don't protest
against the atrocities that Saddam Hussein has committed and is
still committing. I know you all watch the news or read it, at
least. We've already witnessed the desperate state of hunger the
civilians are in. We've witnessed the capture of POWs and relief
aid drivers. Unfortunately some of those POWs have already been
executed and tortured and mutilated. A woman was hanged for merely
waving at coalition troops. Men are forced against their will to
fight or have their family members raped and executed. They've
already been fired upon by Fedayeen and used as human shields.
Saddam's forces were careless enough to put anti-aircraft missiles
in market squares killing several citizens. Torture beds have been
found in hospitals, machine guns are used in sacred
mosques...should I go on? I mean, this is bad. Seriously bad. If
you're not seeing the signs, people, you need to wake up.
Saddam Hussein is a nasty, nasty man with a nasty regime that has
committed every act of Perfidy against Geneva Convention Rules.
Remember you're protesting about the rights of innocent Iraqi
civilians, and clearly for years they have been violated by Saddam
Hussein. So protest him and wish a Million Mogadishus on his ass.
It seems to me there is more talk about the extremes of Bush's
administration than there is about Saddam Hussein and the heinous
crimes being committed against our soldiers and his people right
under your nose. So ask yourself if it's the rights of the Iraqi
people you are really worried about or are you snivelling about the
infractions of your own?
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