When the supposed top terrorist in Iraq, Al-Zarqaawi, was killed by our bombs dropped on his house, noted moralist Fidel Castro said, "A barbarity. He should have been tried in court."
Yes, innocent until proven guilty. And we should demand a surrender before decimating them. We're Americans. What has happened to us?
But we went ahead with military justice, dropping two 500 pound bombs on that house, killing Bad Al and a few others, including a woman and a child. We used that nice term spoken often by Timothy McVieh: "Collateral damage." It means innocent life caught in the middle of the action. They might as well put "so what" ahead of the term.
An hour before Shock & Awe was scheduled to begin in Iraq, CIA Director George Slamdunk Tenet reported to President Bush that Saddam was in a certain cafe. So we bombed the place, killing innocent adults and their children, but Saddam wasn't there. So what?
Let's go back to behaving with a reverence for life.
It's all so simple.
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- Congressman Ron Paul tore into the conservatives who claim that tax cuts increase revenues. He says, "The heck with more revenue. That's not the problem. We have to cut expenditures."
- Curious Bush quote: "We must defeat the enemies of hatred."
- The man also said, Iran is seeking a 'nucular' weapon."
- Bush grumbles about the bad intelligence given to him before his attack on Iraq.
- McCain said today, "We've won the war. Iraq has a functioning democracy."- The governor works to increase tourism; the mayor pushes golf. Governors ought to let the tourism industry tend to that subject. (The gov should protect liberty.) The mayor should allow recreation industry professionals to do the golf business. (The mayor should work for the liberties of his constituents.) But don't try to explain it to them. They magnify their job descriptions, indicating an ego problem.
- Israel's population is 7 million, and they receive $4 billion in foreign aid from Uncle Sam. Do the math, you might want to climb onto that gravy train.
- Dems win congressional seats in Louisiana, Mississippi and Illinois. Many Republicans are in shock.
- Don't ever lose you day planner! You might as well go back to bed.
- Former Utah Mike Leavitt (now a HEW cabinet member) was in China when the quake quaked. The man is everywhere, probably the most traveled cat since Eleanor Roosevelt.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
Mike Leavitt has opened a travel agency in Washington DC favoring lobbyists. Politicians, bureaucrats and celebrities can fly coach. Mr. Leavitt intends to accompany most flights until he gets it out of his system.
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