"But the best way to honor the fallen is to complete the mission"

[mopaul]

"But the best way to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform is to complete the mission."

..snott mcLIEllen..........white house spokes whore....


WRONG snott, bring em home from the 'job' assholes, that's the best way to honor them, stop sending them off to die for NOTHING.

god, why do we even have to say this shit?

hey snott, send me a postcard from baghdad that says 'wish i wasn't here' fuckwit.

[Triana]

1. the best way to honor the fallen is to kill more?

HA!

That a sick, twisted piece of neocon 'logic' innit?

:wtf:

[cthrumatrix]

8. ask Scottie how that worked in Vietnam ?

[Warpy]

9. They used the same stupidity during Vietnam

and that war dragged on and on and on. The happytalk gave us "body counts" that indicated the entire population of Vietnam had been killed several times over, we were "winning hearts and minds." Sure, until they finally got it together enough to kick our asses out of there.

This will be the same. Some people just don't want to admit we got lied into this thing and that this type of occupation war is simply unwinnable.

This was the arrogance of Vietnam. Just a few more soldiers, just a few more bombs, just a few more defoliation runs, just a few more missions, just a few more dead civilians, and this will all be salvaged and our boys will not have died in vain.

We know how that turned out.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. What was that mission again?

Oh yeah, I remember now:

1. Secure Iraqi oil for US interests, at the very least make it unavailable to others.

2. Take out Saddam, he wanted to trade oil for EUROS.

3. Start an endless "Global War On Terror" which has nonspecific, shifting goals.

4. Establish a LARGE military presence - many permanent bases - in the region, but outside of Saudi Arabia.

5. Create political capital/allegiance to Bush (as a "war president") to help him ram through his legislation. As an example, the tax cuts which rewarded his wealthy patrons.

6. Loot the treasury, channeling the cash to the mega-rich and corporate interest via no-bid war-profiteering contracts. Use the deficit as rationale to cut education/infrastructure/social/PBS programs.

Mission Accomplished!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. glad i read your post before i posted

saved me a lot of time that way.

Thanks!

So, in closing - just because most people haven't gained anything - and many have lost everything - from this war doesnt mean those who died did so for nothing. There were a few who gained tremendously.

[Jacobin]

4. Wait a minute. Where have I heard that before?.......Wait, don't tell me..

Oh, right.

Viet Nam.

To justify the slaughter for years longer of American and Vietnamese for no purpose whatsoever.

[radwriter0555]

5. I don't need to honor anyone who commits genocide for a paycheck.

No apologies.

[KeepItReal]

6. Don't apologize, then, but consider recognizing

that the cast majority of U.S. troops serve for honorable reasons, even if it is to get a paycheck or money for school.

The folks in uniform *don't* get to pick the mission. There are some Generals and Admirals who seem to actually be down with Bush & Co, but at the end of the day, even the highest General answers to CIVILIANS in the administration. Bush & Co. call the shots.

If Bush didn't send them into battle with the numbnuts in Congress' ok (not all Congresspeople, of course) and then f*ck with the Uniform Code of Military Justice and say it is ok to kidnap and torture folks, there would be no atrocities in Iraq to complain about.

[radwriter0555]

18. Yeah, so did the Nazi troops. They were just "following orders"

too.

These people aren't brain dead. They have legs and can walk away, they have mouths and brains and can speak their opposition.

I'd rot in jail before I served a criminal regime.

I have NO pity, empathy, sympathy or compassion for ANYONE who supports this regime IN ANY WAY.

It's called ethics and integrity. WE need to stop making excuses for them.

[amber dog democrat]

7. After Stalingrad, the German leaders said the same thing.

and Scotty-mouth can shove it.

[warrior1]

10. ahem

your fearless leader said Mission Accomplished on May 2003.

[unhappycamper]

11. Hey Scotty! Fighting for Peace

is a lot like Fucking for Virginity.

I would love to see that fat fuck humping an 80 pound ruck on patrol.

[CRK7376]

15. Amen!

Let the Repug adminstration send a few of their own, their loud outspoken journalist's and mouthpieses over there for a six month tour OUTSIDE THE GREEN ZONE or outside Kandahar and then let them talk about mission accomplished or honoring the sacrifice etc...JERKS!

[gulliver]

12. The best way to take advantage of the fallen ...

... is to use them cynically to cover the asses of the people who got them killed for nothing.

[mopaul]

13. bushco exploiting the dead, as usual

[BiggJawn]

14. The "Mission" is fucked.

To use Scotty's twisted-ass logic, the Brits dishonoured their dead when they were taken off the Continent at Dunkirk.

The Mission is FUCKED. The Intel was faulty, the reasons for the Mission were WRONG, and to keep shoveling bodies into the "Mission" like coal into a furnace is nothing short of criminal.

Rumsferatu and Condomsleezie ought to be taken to The Hague and then the Guillotine.

[Hugin]

16. The best way to honor them is by *NOT* lying to them.

Bring them home to defend *their* country... Which is
what they signed up to do in the first place.

[WePurrsevere]

17. Horse puckey!

"But the best way to honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform is to complete the mission."

Pfft! What a load of horse puckey!! This mentality is a never ending death trap of body and soul that only profits those who are making mega bucks off of this illegal action. What's truly frightening is that there are people out there that actually think this idiotic comment makes any sense at all.

~*~
So tell me BushCo, neo-con's, etc... WHEN has our beloved country (in you and your administrations name since it sure as heck was never in mine) maimed, pilliged, raped and killed enough to honor those that are dead and still dying? When have we had enough of our own people die or become maimed (physically/mentally/emotionally/spiritually) for life?

Have you truly totally forgotten the teachings of Jesus such as "Blessed are the PEACEmakers for THEY shall be called the children of God" or "LOVE you neighbor as yourself"? Please re-read what HE says.. what HE teaches and stop letting others tell you what to think and believe... think for yourself.. WWJD... who would Jesus bomb?