i seen on the local news this morning

[blueknight]

a father whose son just got killed in iraq with the marines. (god rest his soul). the dad said "he wanted to join after they attacked us on 9-11" these people still think iraq attacked us! there was not one iraqi among the hijackers. so sad these people have had that drummed into their heads for so long they believe it.

[still_one]

1. there was a father who also said he was against the war

but his son wanted to go

the young have always died for the old mens wars

[DistressedAmerican]

2. America Is A Nation Of Greedy, Sefl Centered, Zombies.

They believe any lie as ling as they see it reported somewhere in television.

TV, TV, TV, TV! Mighty TV, How We Love You!

[Cobalt Violet]

3. It must be too painful to admit he was duped and now is dead ...

because of it.

[ClassWarrior]

4. Have you heard of the book "Don't Think of an Elephant?"

Many here at DU and in other Progressive organizations have been working to get word out about it, but it never fails to amaze me that there are still many Progressives who are totally unaware of it. Just shows to go ya that we have to be patient and keep plugging away with the truth before it actually takes hold...

NGU.

[SoCalDem]

5. "They" is a generic term for ANY middle eastern person

repubes and war-nuts do not differentiate..

[Ronnie]

10. Donald Rumsfeld said to the troops on one

of his surprise trips to Iraq, "You are here fighting people LIKE the people who attacked us on 9-ll." I heard him say it right there on my TV. So far as I know, except for me, nobody ever commented on this.

[SoCalDem]

11. People do not pay attention..they buy this stuff hook line & sinker

:(

[Flubadubya]

6. "So & So" died doing what they loved best."...

These disrespectful "news" stories almost always seem to end with that phrase. If I've heard it once, I've heard just about as many times as there are dead soldiers from this Iraq debacle and it just infuriates me!

Sometimes the presstitute attributes the comment to a parent or loved one, sometimes I think they just say it because it sound so "good and patriotic". I think it is vile and disgusting.

Did they really love being in a pointless war and killing other people? ...or is that just something that the media think is grand and glorious to say about a fallen soldier? It's just ROTTEN!

:grr::mad::puke:

[woodsprite]

7. When they say "They". Their not really talking

about Iraqi, Afghani, etc. They're just lumping them all together with the label "Middle Eastern". They don't see any difference.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Our public school system is PATHETIC.

These kids... 90% of them ....cannot find EYE-rack on a map. Needless to say, they know nothing of the history of that country, that region, or of America's long history of involvement in it.

Reason: Obviously some degree of misplaced priorities in the educational sphere. Seems to me , if we're going to insist on "being involved" in that part of the world we ought to at least see to it that our kids learn : 1. How to pronounce the names of the countries and, 2. have some knowledge of the history and dynamics of the region.

Otherwise they are *pawns*. Nothing more, noithing less .

[Tsiyu]

9. But the RW wants pawns

Don't need no stinkin' "readers" in the Repuke party. Just watch FU(X) news and you are in the know.

And Republicans in DROVES obey their masters: they are ignorant, unevolved idiots, just the way * & Co. want them.