As I suspected, you don't know much about me or psychoanalysis. My opinion of the American military is pretty low, I hate the men who cooked up this war on lies and false claims, but in fact I don't hate the soldiers themselves except for the ones who actually commit the atrocities. So much for your ability to read a man's soul through his words. It's possible, of course, but I think you let your own prejudices, likes and dislikes get in the way of an accurate reading.
The "intent" of the U.S. military insofar as it relates to the casualties they caused is, of course, a red herring. In fact, it's a crock. Their INTENT was to invade, subdue and dominate a nation of 23 million. Naturally they would prefer to do it the "nice" way, with everyone rolling over and meekly accepting U.S. dominance, but when THAT doesn't happen (as if!!) then they bomb wherever they bomb, shoot wherever they shoot, and thousands of Iraqis, mostly civilian, happen to wind up dead. Like they would give a shit if they were told that the bomb that killed them didn't have their name on it. Every bomb that is dropped is dropped with the intention of doing harm, of fucking somebody up real bad, and whoever it fucks up is the victim - - NONE of the bombs were dropped with the intention that they would explode somewhere harmlessly, doing harm to no sentient being.
<<Your thoughts here seem to find a way to involve ALL American soldiers even if they are not involved. How is that fair? >>
I dunno. You tell me. Are any of those soldiers over there under the mistaken belief that they were to be America's delegate to a peace conference?
<<What about the killing of thousands outside of a war stage? >>
Sounds wrong to me.
<<How about killing pregnant women, old men, children....without protocol?>>
That's wrong, too. Isn't it?
<<Do you think it would be feasible if all Americans sat back and allowed the terrorists of the world plan more attacks? >>
Some of us are pretty certain, on good evidence, that your "President" and his Cabinet lied to you, that Saddam and his entourage were NOT terrorists, did not attack America and in fact were way too secular to have any sympathy for the so-called "terrorists" at all. So that there is absolutely NO credible way that you can equate not invading Iraq with "sitting back and letting the terrorists of the world plan more attacks."
<<I don't agree with your numbers by the way.>>
Well, they're not "MY" numbers, the low ones are Iraq Body Count and the high ones are Lancet's, a British Medical Journal. If you don't agree with them, show me a set of numbers you DO agree with and let me know why I should believe them rather than Iraq Body Count or The Lancet.
<< Show me the statistics of the #'s of Iraqi's killed by the mean American with a proof of the soldiers "intent" to massacre in each statistic, as well. INTENT, please. >>
As I stated above, the requirement of "intent" is a real crock. I've already answered it in this post.
<< Your posts seem to infer that soldiers are "red-neck mass murderers".....thus the bigoted stream".>>
They're not that simple and you're just not paying attention. They are either doing the killing or aiding and abetting the killers. I like the phrase "redneck mass murderers," which is pretty much the same as "unconcerned that their activities have caused the death of about a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians to date, at a minimum and 600,000 at a maximum." "Redneck mass murderers" is a more colourful way of expressing more or less that same concept. You'll notice that their former commander, Tommy Franks, in reference to civilian casualties, famously stated that "We don't do body counts," a more conclusive statement of indifference to civilian casualties you could not hope to find. Why don't you try to read HIS soul through HIS words, and the souls of the men who stood ready to carry out any order that this apostle of humanity might issue?
<<What this saying basically means is that once you have "sliced or cut the curtain" in terms of your choice of words, or actions toward another person(s), it can't be repaired. >>
Oh. You mean like once you've blown a family to shit with bombs, missiles or tank shells, you can't just sew them back together again? Yeah, I'll go along with that.
<<You have made meanspirited and highly generalized comments about the American military in total.
How can you repair your bigoted statements now, M-tee?>>
Geeze, I dunno, Cynthia. I'll give it some more thought when they've figured out how to repair the hundreds of thousands of civilians they've blasted and shot and fried to death. Accidentally, of course.
