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mavoix Donating Member (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-06-06 05:56 PM
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Blowback From a Bad War
by Robert C. Koehler

"And where is it that the Vice Lords meet the Aryan Nation? Why, in Baghdad, of course - where, in one of the less obvious unanticipated consequences of W's disastrous war, potential domestic terrorists and "army of one" nutjobs are getting top-notch weapons instruction and plenty of target practice. It's sure to come in handy when they get home.

"With the military unable to meet recruitment goals for an unpopular war, gangbangers and white supremacists are having a far easier time getting "moral waivers" to enlist, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center called "A Few Bad Men," as well as an investigative series in the Chicago Sun-Times in May. The upshot: a future compromised in yet another way, as we train and further desensitize the psychologically fragile and psychotically embittered."

I just read this on Truthout, and I'm horrified (no longer just depressed, disillusioned and disgusted). It's more of what we need to thank Bush for. Here's the link:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080406N.shtml#



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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-06-06 06:05 PM
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1. can't blame bush
after all, dubia more or less has proven he despises the usa....
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