Support the troops? This shit isn't an isolated incident either..

[Postman]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/103/story/45701.html

The correction came more than a month after (the innocent civilians) were shot at by U.S. soldiers as they sped to work on a road within the secured airport compound.

The original statement said that Mahdi and the two women were "criminals" and that an American convoy on the side of the secured road came under small-arms fire from the vehicle. Soldiers said they shot back. A weapon was found in the debris and two U.S. military vehicles were struck by bullets from the attack, the statement on June 25 said.

"When we are attacked, we will defend ourselves and will use deadly force if necessary," Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesman for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, said in a statement at the time. "Such attacks endanger not only U.S. soldiers but also innocent civilians, including women and children, traveling the roadways of Baghdad."

................except you weren't attacked and they had no weapons. Lying sacks of shit. Gee, I wonder why there's an insurgency?

And Bush sycophant Patraeus continues his rightwing bullshit excuses for staying in Iraq. There were no WMD in Iraq (never were). There is no Al Qaeda in Iraq. But there IS oil.

Get the fuck out of Iraq.

[spanone]

1. lying liars who know nothing but lying

[jody]

2. Do you mean withdraw 100% of the troops or leave troops for logistical support, intelligence support

and a counterterrorism strike force?

[peacebird]

4. how about withdraw 100% of the troops, but keep sending the same amount of $$$ we spend now

to rebuild the infrastructure (hospitals, roads, schools, industry) for the Iraqi people? If we keep sending the same amount of money to Iraq, only we aren't there bombing and shooting (and this means the blackwater mercs too) then maybe the Iraqis can work out a representative government that suits them and get their country back.

Oh - they get to VOID all oil contracts too, and rewrite it so the profit remains in Iraq.

[jody]

5. I understand, withdraw 100% of U.S. troops and keep sending money that we borrow from China to fund

combat operations with Iraqi troops under the command of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

That's a novel military option but I do wonder what strategy and tactics al-Maliki will use because recent history suggests the ones used by Dubya aren't working.

Beyond that, do you think We the People have a moral responsibility to do more given that President Idiot used our superpower forces to create the mess in Iraq?

[peacebird]

6. you misunderstand. I said send the money to rebuild the country. Not to prop up Maliki.

I think we need to pay to rebuild what we have destroyed. I don't think things will be worse in the long term if we leave, tho the short term could be ugly. Kind of like it was ugly for the poor folks who stood up to Saddam believing that GHW Bush would back them - especially since HE told them to rise up. But he turned his back and left them to be slaughtered.

I trust the Iraqis to sort out their own country. They were after all the cradle of civilization. I believe they will find a way to form a government that suits them.

[jody]

8. I did misunderstand, mea culpa. Do you believe such funds will get to needy citizens or be lost to

corrupt officials both ours and Iraqi?

[peacebird]

10. One can hope that their are still honorable public servants, but even if only a percentage

of all we spend now to occupy the country gets out to help rebuild it and aid the people - then at least it won't be spent on bombs to slaughter them....

We must of course insist that no American contractors have a role in reconstruction - that in itself should help root out a lot of corruption - or at least OUR culpability.

[jody]

11. I hope so. Anything war can do, peace can do better. Enjoy a graphic I cobbled together below.

[peacebird]

12. Love it! Peace, and may our hopes truly have wings to fly, to turn dreams to reality.

:hug:

[patrice]

3. Apparently people think War happens without hurting and killing Innocent people.

This sort of thing has been happening from the first minute of Shock and Awe to the present.

[Postman]

7. except it's not reported on CBS, ABC or NBC Evening News.

The cheerleaders for this fucking debacle don't report the disaster they helped to create.

[timtom]

9. Get the fuck out of Iraq, indeed!!!

Damn them to the seventh level of Hell!

Everytime I hear someone talking about our "boys and girls over there defending this nation" I want to SCREAM!!!

Damn them!!!