not that the subject is funny but just the way you worded it. "wolfowitz on the car like an ornament and condi making sandwiches..." here ya go... bring the troops home, and send the members of congress over to take care of it. of course, our war president and granpa dick will be leading the charge; with wolfowitz sitting on the hood like an ornament, condi in the back seat making sandwiches for the boys and rumsfeld trying to escape his assigned place in the trunk.
they all screwed up.
(as in us in the US)Only to share the information:
Quote:SourceSeries of photos of city's dead show civilians shot in bed, surrendering
Two weeks ago an Iraqi man was allowed into Fallujah by the U.S. military to help bury bodies. He was allowed to take photographs of 75 bodies, in order to show pictures to relatives so that they might be identified before they were buried.
These pictures are from a book of photos. They are being circulated publicly around small villages near Fallujah where many refugees are staying.
The man who took them was only allowed to take photos and bury bodies in one small area of Fallujah. He was not allowed to visit anywhere else. Keep in mind there are at least 1,925 other bodies that were not allowed to be seen.
Information with some of the photos is from those identified by family members already.
One of the family members who was looking for dead relatives, shared these photos which were taken from that book.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he told of what he saw in his village during the last few weeks.
"The Americans shot every boat on the river because people were trying to escape Fallujah by the river. They shot all the sheep, any animal people owned was shot. Helicopters shot all the animals and anything that moved in all the villages surrounding Fallujah during the fighting."
He said that none of the roads into Fallujah, or around Fallujah were passable because anyone on them was shot. "I know one family that were all killed. There are no signs on these roads that tell people not to use them-so people don't know they aren't supposed to use them. No signs in English or Arabic!"
The photos can be viewed here* [WARNING THEY ARE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC]
* besides, a very slow loading page. sometimes no access.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Critics of the war in Iraq seized on charges that U.S. troops there don't have enough armored vehicles as another example of poor planning by the Pentagon.
President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld tried Thursday to tamp down the firestorm, which was ignited a day earlier when an Iraq-bound soldier publicly complained to Rumsfeld that the Army wasn't properly armoring vehicles for the campaign.
Traveling in India, Rumsfeld said he expects the Army to do its best to resolve the problem. In Washington, Bush said the soldier's concerns "are being addressed and that is - we expect our troops to have the best possible equipment."
Close to three-quarters of the Humvees in the Iraq war theater now have upgraded armor protection, but many larger trucks and tractor-trailer rigs do not, according to congressional figures.
Military officials said armoring Humvees has been the top priority because they are used to patrol areas where attacks are likely. The heavy haulers, meanwhile, usually travel convoy routes that are more frequently swept for guerillas and bombs.
Critics questioned why the Pentagon has been unable to send enough armored equipment 21 months into the war. They said war planners had too rosy a picture of how the campaign would unfold and so didn't think so many troops and so much armor would be needed for so long.
"This is about faulty analysis and a failed strategy," said Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a California Democrat who sits on the House Armed Services Committee. "We've never had enough troops on the ground since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government to deal with the insurgency because we didn't expect one."
Loren Thompson, a defense industry analyst with the Lexington Institute think tank, agreed.
"We have pretty much miscalculated every step along the way - why we went, how we should do it, what we needed, what support we would have, how long it would last - we pretty much got it all wrong," he said.
"The convictions stemmed from Staff Sgt. Horne's murder of a severely wounded Iraqi civilian in Baghdad's Sadr City district," a military statement said.
Previous military court hearings have heard that several troops fired on a group of Iraqi men placing homemade bombs along a road in Sadr City, an impoverished Baghdad neighborhood.
Previous military court hearings have heard that several troops fired on a group of Iraqi men placing homemade bombs along a road in Sadr City, an impoverished Baghdad neighborhood.
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Personally, considering what these brave men and women are doing on a daily basis, I would expect a higher snap-rate than the national average.
The reality is: a percentage of people everywhere are bad people... and these bad individuals are NOT representative of the group.
OCCOM BILL wrote:Personally, considering what these brave men and women are doing on a daily basis, I would expect a higher snap-rate than the national average.
The braver, the more homicides
Try reading what you quoted again, and then tell me where you got that idea...OCCOM BILL wrote:The reality is: a percentage of people everywhere are bad people... and these bad individuals are NOT representative of the group.
Reminds me, how sensitive you wrote here about THE abusive Catholic priests.
