Most telling and horrific part of the Nightline story tonight.

cantstandbush

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Tue Nov-29-05 11:49 PM
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Most telling and horrific part of the Nightline story tonight.

The American and Iraqi forces were going to the HOME of a suspected insurgent. These are Iraqi citizens, not foreigners. These people are fighting against occupying forces and their "collaborators."

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fooj

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Tue Nov-29-05 11:52 PM
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1. That's exactly what Sy Hersh has been saying!

7% are insurgents...that's it.

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Erika

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Tue Nov-29-05 11:57 PM
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2. The President of Iraq has said Iraqis fighting against

occupation are NOT insurgents. Just more chaos caused by this administration.

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OldLeftieLawyer

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Wed Nov-30-05 12:26 AM
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3. It's not a "war"

It's an "invasion," followed by an "illegal occupation."

They're not Improvised Explosive Devices.

They're bombs.

They're not "insurgents."

They're "resistance fighters," and how horrible it is that I find myself rooting for them against our own troops.

Fuck George W. Bush. He should rot in Hell beyond eternity. Starting now.

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TahitiNut

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Wed Nov-30-05 12:31 AM
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4. Amen. Every word.

:thumbsup:

I can only recall how much I liked and admired the Vietnamese - even knowing that they might be VC.

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EFerrari

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Wed Nov-30-05 12:33 AM
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5. This man is too stupid to rot in Hell without a prompter. n/t

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karlrschneider

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Wed Nov-30-05 12:39 AM
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6. I've been YELLING for 2 years, 8 months (in my locale, not in DU)

that this has NEVER BEEN A WAR...it's been, well, precisely what you said. Sorry, it gyrates my hormones. I'm surrounded by idiot inbred neocons who think Chimp is 'getting back at the 9/11 terists'...many of
them don't even care that Iraqis had nothing to do with it, they equate all "ay-rabs" with the attackers and drink the Kool aid over and over and over...
:grr:

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Blasphemer

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Wed Nov-30-05 01:36 AM
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8. So true...

Now that we have set this wonderful precendent, when do WE get the privilege of being freed from our insane leader by an occupying force?

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cantstandbush

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Wed Nov-30-05 01:11 AM
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7. The Dems just can't think. they should be jumping all over this.

Why can't they say, "We were told Al-qaeda and foreign Islamic militants were in Iraq. But the truth is we are killing mostly Iraqi citizens who are fighting occupying forces (US) and Iraqi collaborators."

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Lex

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Wed Nov-30-05 01:39 AM
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9. Murtha said a poll in Iraq showed that 45% of Iraqis think it's okay

to harm or kill US occupying troops.

He said that this was his "light bulb" moment.

If nothing else, this means we should leave and find a different way to help the Iraqis achieve stability.

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cantstandbush

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Wed Nov-30-05 10:45 AM
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10. I just want to kick this post after hearing Bush's speech this morning. nt

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