In the usual cowardly manner characteristic of the entire Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld tried to dodge the issue by changing the subject to 9.11:
During a news conference today, the Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sought to play down the impact of the grim milestone, saying civilised world had long passed the 1,000th death at the hands of terrorists.DONALD RUMSFELD: Hundreds were killed in Russia last week to be sure, and this week of course, on September 11th 2004, we remember the 3,000 citizens of dozens of countries who were killed on September 11th in 2001. ABC Online
Is there no shame?
In contrast to the Republican truth-dodgers, John Kerry made a statement to honor the dead:
“Today marks a tragic milestone in the war in Iraq. More than one thousand of America’s sons and daughters have made the ultimate sacrifice. Our nation honors their service and joins with their families and loved ones in mourning their loss. We must never forget the price they have paid. And we must meet our sacred obligation to all our troops to do all we can to make the right decisions in Iraq so that we can bring them home as soon as possible.” - via My Blahg
In Vietnam, where there was less geopolitical strategic interest at stake, it took nearly 40,000 U.S. deaths (and wasn't it over a million Vietnamese deaths?) before U.S. citizens rose up and told the government enough. Now that the U.S. is in Iraq with so much oil underfoot, how many roads must a man walk down this time around?
Posted by: Karlo at September 8, 2004 05:26 PMOne is too many in a pointless war.
Why does it take big numbers for people to wake up?
Can't they relate that somebody elses life is as precious as their own or their loved one?
This separation between statistics and individuals
is warped.
And why does the press never challenge these assertions by shooting back with the question, "What does 9/11 have to do with Iraq?" They just let them lie and allow themselves to be the mouthpiece of lies.
Posted by: Diana at September 8, 2004 08:59 PM
Many say that the truth has no power. That's only because they don't speak the truth to power.
Posted by: Diana at September 8, 2004 09:01 PMI like that. A bumberstickerifiable quote, if i ever saw one.
Posted by: Karlo at September 14, 2004 12:32 AM"What does 9/11 have to do with Iraq?"
Try the "Food for Oil" scam that your favorite organization, the UN was running, along with the governments of France, Germany,and Russia. (gee, I wonder WHY they were opposed to toppeling Saddam?)
Impossible to determine just how much of those billions were funneled into groups like Al Quiada and Hamas. It is curious that some of the money problems that Al Quiada was having disappeared about the same time that FfO was really ramping up.
But it has been shown that Saddam was trying to get anti-air misile systems from Russia to be capable of shooting down our planes enforcing the no fly zones, using this money.
You do remember that we were "containing" Saddam for the twelve years between GW1 and 2? and risking our pilots on a daily basis? As Saddam killed another 50 or 60 thousand of his people?
Where did you get the idea that the U.N was my favorite organization? For the U.N. to be fair and democratic, it would have to be proportional, right? And it would need to do away with the Security Council. You are for democracy I take it?
Posted by: Karlo at September 20, 2004 11:26 PM"Many say that the truth has no power. That's only because they don't speak the truth to power."
That is the most idiotic pabulum I've ever had the misfortune to read.
Posted by: Kevin Smith at September 24, 2004 06:26 AMI don't know. I think it has something over quite a few other sayings, such as:
Support our troops!
or
My country right or wrong!
Posted by: Karlo at September 26, 2004 07:35 PM