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Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:22 AM Jul 2015

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I Want to Call Attention to a Post.

Hosts, Alerters, please let this one go. There is a post written by an Iraqi War veteran here on DU that I think everyone needs to see.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026954898#post4

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I Want to Call Attention to a Post. (Original Post) Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 OP

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2015 #1

Everyone needs to read that post!!!!! newfie11 Jul 2015 #2

Excellent post! Nitram Jul 2015 #3

Thanks, LTH. I didn't see the other post. nt antigop Jul 2015 #4

K& R: Recommended reading Auggie Jul 2015 #5

Yes n/t malaise Jul 2015 #6

Great, great post.. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #7

Appreciate your effort. I had read the OP earlier and blm Jul 2015 #8

da nada. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #9

A great and powerful post. panader0 Jul 2015 #10

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS Martin Eden Jul 2015 #11

"To this day I refuse to support any politician who voted for the IWR." Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #13

Especially ones that voted for the IWR for political reasons. A Simple Game Jul 2015 #24

Same feeling here. I cringe at any soldier in uniform I come across in a valerief Jul 2015 #20

Definitely.... daleanime Jul 2015 #12

Thanks for pointing this one out, Le Taz. Raster Jul 2015 #14

Who the hell would report that OP? d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #15

I was actually referring to this Thread. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #18

Its important info and I thank you for pointing it out d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #21

kick GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #16

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jul 2015 #17

It needs to be an OPENING POST!!! B Calm Jul 2015 #19

Powerful post. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #22

Thank you for bringing that post to my attention. herding cats Jul 2015 #23

kick Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #25

Excellent!! Thank you for taking the time to post it again. AikidoSoul Jul 2015 #26

A shiver in the dark seveneyes Jul 2015 #27

Wow, you are so right. That was incredibly powerful CrawlingChaos Jul 2015 #28

K & R SoapBox Jul 2015 #29

Kick, kick, kick!!!! Heidi Jul 2015 #30

Front page. byronius Jul 2015 #31

Thanks for doing that... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #32

H2O Man

(73,559 posts)

1. Recommended.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:33 AM

Jul 2015

Extremely important.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)

2. Everyone needs to read that post!!!!!

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:55 AM

Jul 2015

And not a damn thing has changed!!!
Now our crazy MIC is looking toward Russia!

Nitram

(22,813 posts)

3. Excellent post!

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 09:14 AM

Jul 2015

antigop

(12,778 posts)

4. Thanks, LTH. I didn't see the other post. nt

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 09:42 AM

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Auggie

(31,173 posts)

5. K& R: Recommended reading

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 09:44 AM

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malaise

(269,050 posts)

6. Yes n/t

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 09:56 AM

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mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)

7. Great, great post..

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

Jul 2015

Thanks for the link...

blm

(113,065 posts)

8. Appreciate your effort. I had read the OP earlier and

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

Jul 2015

would have missed that reply posted afterwards.

Salute, HotzieTotzie. ; )

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

9. da nada.

Reply to blm (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:03 AM

Jul 2015

And LOL at "HotzieTotzie."

panader0

(25,816 posts)

10. A great and powerful post.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:03 AM

Jul 2015

Martin Eden

(12,870 posts)

11. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:03 AM

Jul 2015

I wanted to vomit, scream, break things, and slap the driver upside the head every time I saw one of those bumper stickers on the car or pickup truck of some flag waving patriotic armchair warrior who was all for sending our citizens in uniform to kill and be killed on the basis of lies and greed and the ambition of politicians who either didn't know or didn't care about the consequences as long as they got re-elected and their sponsors got rich.

When I marched in Washington with 100,000 other protesters a few days before Shock & Awe was launched, a small group of counter-protesters started chanting SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.

I started chanting along with them SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME.

In very short order others joined me, and we drowned them out.

We knew it was a pack of lies and we knew it was going to be a costly fiasco, and we knew this before Congress voted in October 2002 to give the Chimperor authority to commit war crimes. To this day I refuse to support any politician who voted for the IWR.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

13. "To this day I refuse to support any politician who voted for the IWR."

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:06 AM

Jul 2015

Me neither, brother, me neither.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

24. Especially ones that voted for the IWR for political reasons.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 07:44 PM

Jul 2015

You know, you got to look tough if you're going to run for President in the future.

She isn't that stupid, she knew what the truth was.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

20. Same feeling here. I cringe at any soldier in uniform I come across in a

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 11:30 AM

Jul 2015

convenience store/gas station. Why? Because I know that soldier has been trained to be fucked up beyond belief, because that's what's needed to do these WARS. I know that sounds cruel, but I see the soldier as a victim of lies, perversity, and cannibalistic greed. A junkyard dog.