Be good Iraqis or this US General will cut off their electricity

NNN0LHI

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:07 AM
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Be good Iraqis or this US General will cut off their electricity

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=11&u=/ap/20031121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_relief_soldiers_1

U.S. Military Juggles Everything in Iraq

"We are going tough, but we are fair," Swannack said. "If a whole town is supporting insurgents, I'll put tanks there and cut off its electricity."

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mmm

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:32 AM
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1. I don't know the names of neighbors a block away...

Edited on Fri Nov-21-03 11:34 AM by mmm

how could they possibly blame me for what they
think someone who lives three or four blocks from me might have done.

One thing is for sure tho: having been wrongly punished one day I would surely be hunting US soldiers the next.

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wryter2000

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:38 AM
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2. OMG

This is my government? The United States of America? Is this nightmare ever going to be over?

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Brian Sweat

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:43 AM
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3. I don't have a problem.

If every single person in a town is supporting insurgents, then why should we help them.

However, I am quite shocked to learn that whole towns are supporting insurgents since the Iraqis love us so much.

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NNN0LHI

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:50 AM
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4. I have a secret for you. Iraqi children need electricity too

Now tell me why they should be punished for what adults do.

Don

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Karenina

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Fri Nov-21-03 06:09 PM
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9. And let us not forget

that 50% of the Iraqi population is UNDER 16.

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Gin

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Fri Nov-21-03 11:51 AM
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5. I read this and felt a sense of shock...but ...I don't have an answer..

The troops are taught how to use to use killing machines.
When they are being picked off, panic sets in..I am sure they are grasping at straws on how to control something that will not stop.

All the while the commander & thief...is kissing some royal ass.

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ninkasi

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Fri Nov-21-03 12:29 PM
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6. I do have a problem with it

as Matcom points out, it would also punish children, who are the truly innocent ones in this whole mess. I also have a hard time accepting the "insurgents" and "terrorists" labels on people who view us as an unfriendly army of occupation.

I've tried to put myself in their shoes, and figure out what I'd do if we were the country that had been invaded. We were wrong to go there, and what we're doing now is wrong.

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adriennel

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Fri Nov-21-03 12:47 PM
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7. shock and awe continues

didn't Saddam do this while running Iraq?

The US constantly says that civilians are not a target in this bogus war. But the US in Iraq controls the utilities, and according to this, are manipulating the people by manipulating their everday lives and needs. Targeting a civilian population to "wear them down" is a central tenet of shock and awe. I guess it's not over....

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NNN0LHI

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Fri Nov-21-03 06:00 PM
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8. kick for the afternoon shift

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gratuitous

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Fri Nov-21-03 06:11 PM
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10. But don't call it reprisals or collective punishment

Because that would be illegal and contrary to the Geneva Conventions, to which the U.S. is a signatory. Just another old piece of paper to the corrupt Bush administration, which is succeeding in stripping the military of its humanity so it can engage in these war crimes and crimes against humanity without a twinge of conscience.

I'd give two shiny nickels to see Rumsfeld in the dock at The Hague.

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Scott Lee

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Fri Nov-21-03 06:42 PM
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11. Hey Gen. Numbnuts - RPG's don't require electricity.

And neither do donkeys.

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karlschneider

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:09 PM
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12. But, but, just Thursday an "administration official" said Saddam punished

people in exactly that way!

Is insanity contagious?

:eyes:

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knight_of_the_star

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:13 PM
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13. Oh wow

I thought we were going in there to help the CIVILIANS!

Won't this create more problems than it solves, like maybe if I live in a town that MIGHT have insurgents in it and I hear about another town that gets its power cut because of the same reason, I think I would have some good motivation to join the resistance to try to keep that from happening or at least make them pay.

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BlackFrancis

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:15 PM
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14. This is exactly what Saddam did..

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Jack Rabbit

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Fri Nov-21-03 07:17 PM
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15. Don't turn off the light at the end of the tunnel, anyone

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