I'm still getting e-mails from ultra-right-wing Republicans about stuff. They still try to justify the war in Iraq and George W. Bush. Here are excerpts from one of them:
He was a nasty leader hell bent on annoying USA. Now he's gone.
- "no threat to anyone"? That's probably what you're thinking of Iran and North Korea right now...
-War in Iraq isn't anywhere near 1 trillion. Closer to half a trillion... and less than Obama's bailouts! Sure it was a proactive war. Not the first time that's ever been done.
Why couldn't it be about regime change from a bloodthirsty mass murdering tyrant who did everything he could to undermine US and fund terrorism, showing military might in the most important region in the world, policing against a leader that broke several UN resolutions, and going after someone who a few years earlier showed objective proof of hundreds of WMDs but then later never showed proof of disarming them nor disposing of them to inspectors?
I think if you had your way we'd never have fought Hitler either. Yippee
The dead in May, 2009, in the Iraq war:
Spc. Jeremiah P. McCleery, age 24,
Spc. Jake R. Velloza, 22
Spc. Shawn D. Sykes, 28
Pvt. Justin P. Hartford, 21
Staff Sgt. Randy S. Agno, 29
Spc. Omar M. Albrak, 21
Maj. Steven Hutchison, 60
Maj. Matthew P. Houseal, 54
Staff Sgt. Christian E. Bueno-Galdos, 25
Spc. Jacob D. Barton, 20
Pfc. Michael E. Yates Jr., 19
Commander Charles K. Springle, 52
Cpl. Ryan C. McGhee, 21
Spc. David A. Schaefer Jr., 27
Maj. Jason E. George, 38
1st Lt. Leevi K. Barnard, 28
Sgt. Paul F. Brooks, 34
Sgt. 1st Class Brian Naseman, 36
Navy Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe, 54
Maged M. Hussein (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District), 43
Spc. Chad A. Edmundson, 20
Pvt. Thomas E. Lee, III, 20
Pvt. Bradley W. Iorio, 29
Spc. Marko M. Samsone, 30
Spc. Samuel D. Stone, 20
This is the ultimate price of an illegal war. And, of course, scores of thousands of Iraqis are dead.
At least, the nasty man is dead.
Posted by Bill at June 6, 2009 06:34 PMHuh. I thought the ultra-right wing had dropped off into the chicken soup of stupidity. I guess it's still floppin along. I wouldn't have thought that avoidance annoyance was worth so many lives.
Posted by: Kyle at June 6, 2009 11:50 PMOops, I meant avoiding, not avoidance.
Posted by: Kyle at June 6, 2009 11:51 PMWe needed that reminder, it seems to have dropped out of the news.
Posted by: Anji at June 8, 2009 10:59 AM