🚀 go-pugleaf

Excellent suggestion.  If the gutless American people will let the
Bush Crime Family get away with all this BS, surely a Presidential
nuclear mass extermination of countries won't even knock Britney's
latest meltdown off the front page.


On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:54:30 GMT, Al Giazirra
<thatsme@realitalianlastname.com> wrote:

>Let's just get the hell out and allow all the animals to kill
>themselves.  If we don't like the outcome, nuke 'em all and start with
>a clean slate.  Why is this so hard to see?  Is it that some friends
>won't make a railcar load of money?
>
>
>
>On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:23:59 -0500, Alan Smithee
><AlanSmithee@nospam.nul> wrote:
>
>>
>>Sept. 13, 2007, 5:55AM
>>Texas City GI who died had criticized war in Iraq
>>Death of troops to heighten debate after their editorial appeared in
>>papers
>>
>>By DANE SCHILLER
>>Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle 
>>
>>The sharp words of a Texas City soldier who was critical of the war in
>>Iraq and killed there this week may continue to echo in Washington.
>>
>>Sgt. Omar Mora and six other enlisted soldiers, including one who was
>>killed in the same non-combat accident Monday, recently signed a bold,
>>public letter in which they questioned whether the war in Iraq can be
>>won militarily.
>>
>>The letter � published as a column sharing the view of a group of
>>soldiers in battle � was referenced in a Senate hearing this week in
>>which Gen. David Petraeus delivered an update on the war.
>>
>>It was first printed in The New York Times on Aug. 19 and later picked
>>up by the Houston Chronicle and other outlets.
>>
>>"They will soon realize that the best way to regain dignity is to call
>>us what we are � an army of occupation � and force our withdrawal,"
>>the letter says of the Iraqi people. "We need not talk about our
>>morale," it concludes. "As committed soldiers, we will see this
>>mission through."
>>
>>Mora's family, Ecuadoran immigrants, said the 28-year-old was
>>exhausted by Iraq and wanted to put the war behind him when he was due
>>to return to the United States in November.
>>
>>"He told me, 'Mama, I am tired, I am so tired. I want to come home,' "
>>his mother, Olga Capetillo, recalled of a recent phone conversation.
>>
>>"I told him to believe in God, and he will bring you home safe and
>>sound," she said in Spanish through sobs. "My son is an American who
>>gave his life for this country."
>>
>>Mora's brother, Roger Mora, said nobody should doubt his patriotism.
>>
>>"I think it was a very courageous decision not just on the part of my
>>brother, but all the soldiers to voice their opinion," Roger Mora
>>said. "We as Americans have that ability, that is very privileged," he
>>continued.
>>
>>He declined to share the family's views on the war, but they were
>>unaware of his having any trouble with other soldiers after it was
>>published.
>>
>>In addition to Mora, the letter was signed by Spc. Buddhika Jayamaha;
>>Sgt. Wesley D. Smith; Sgt. Jeremy Roebuck; Sgt. Edward Sandmeier;
>>Staff Sgt. Jeremy A. Murphy and Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, who was
>>killed along with Mora.
>>
>>A woman who answered the phone at the Gray family home said she was
>>was exhausted by the emotion of losing her son and could not talk.
>>
>>Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington, a Pentagon spokesman, said soldiers have
>>a right to speak their minds.
>>
>>"Regarding freedom of speech, service members may exercise their right
>>to free speech and speak to the media as long as they are voicing
>>their opinion," Withington said.
>>
>>Judith LeBlanc, co-chairperson for United For Peace and Justice, a
>>nationwide coalition to end the war, said the soldiers' letter as well
>>as their deaths will add to the war debate.
>>
>>"Their deaths are going to arouse people's awareness that this war is
>>not able to be won militarily, but in fact the only solution � as they
>>argued in the op-ed piece � is a political solution," LeBlanc said.
>>
>>"I am hoping when people hear about the passing of these soldiers,
>>they will decide to call their congressperson and be part of speaking
>>out as they need to do," she said.
>>
>>A third author of the letter was reportedly shot in the head and is
>>expected to survive. Citing privacy laws, the Pentagon declined to
>>confirm the injury.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5130698.html
>>
>>
>>"Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any
>>very remarkable felicities of expression."    - Amos Bronson Alcott