Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Bush: Dead Wrong on Values
Since we're hearing so much about how Bush supporters voted their "values" (very narrowly defined), it's time for an update on the "payoff" of this administration's moral decision-making, such as the decision to launch a pre-emptive war in Iraq:
--Total Iraq Casualties: US 1147; Coalition 1293
--US fatalities so far this month (as of 11/10): 26
--Some headlines from today (11/10):
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Robert P. Warns II, 23, of Waukesha, Wis., died Nov. 8 as a result of enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq.
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Zapp, 20, of Houston, Texas, died Nov. 8 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty
Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman, 37, of Waterloo, N.Y., died Nov. 9 from injuries received when multiple rocket propelled grenades struck his location in Mosul, Iraq.
AFP: US soldiers in Iraq hit by parasite
MORE than 650 US troops deployed in Iraq have been infected with a fly-borne parasite that causes chronic, festering sores.
Reuters: Rebels hold 20 national guards
IRAQI rebels released a video today showing what they said were 20 Iraqi national guards they had captured in Fallujah.
AP: Car Bomb Targeting Iraqi Police Kills 10
A car bomb targeting police exploded Wednesday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, police said.
AP: Iraq Troops Find 'Hostage Slaughterhouses'
An Iraqi general said troops found "hostage slaughterhouses" where foreign captives had been killed.
Three relatives of Allawi kidnapped in Baghdad
A cousin of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the cousin's wife and his daughter-in-law were kidnapped on Tuesday evening from their house in Baghdad, a source from the premier's political party said on Wednesday.
Now, let's review the moral and ethical decisions that led to the war in Iraq:
A) We went to war in Iraq because Saddam had WMD and was a threat to the US. Oops, it was later discovered that that was a BIG LIE (but the morally courageous Bush took the high road and blamed it on "faulty intelligence" that he received).
B) We went to war in Iraq to avenge the deaths of US citizens on 9-11. Oops again, the connection between Al Quaeda and Saddam has never been proven (and has been actively disproven, despite Cheney's BIG LIES to the contrary).
C) We went to war with Iraq because they have the second largest oil reserves next to Saudi Arabia (and to get Cheney's company, Halliburton, a lot of lucrative contracts). This is more likely to be true--or at least hasn't been disproven like the reasons above--but is this an ethical or moral reason to launch a pre-emptive attack? Even the duped Repugs know the answer to this rhetorical question.
Here you go, Bush voters. This blood is on your hands now.
Iraq Coalition Casualties
--Total Iraq Casualties: US 1147; Coalition 1293
--US fatalities so far this month (as of 11/10): 26
--Some headlines from today (11/10):
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
Cpl. Robert P. Warns II, 23, of Waukesha, Wis., died Nov. 8 as a result of enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq.
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Zapp, 20, of Houston, Texas, died Nov. 8 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty
Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman, 37, of Waterloo, N.Y., died Nov. 9 from injuries received when multiple rocket propelled grenades struck his location in Mosul, Iraq.
AFP: US soldiers in Iraq hit by parasite
MORE than 650 US troops deployed in Iraq have been infected with a fly-borne parasite that causes chronic, festering sores.
Reuters: Rebels hold 20 national guards
IRAQI rebels released a video today showing what they said were 20 Iraqi national guards they had captured in Fallujah.
AP: Car Bomb Targeting Iraqi Police Kills 10
A car bomb targeting police exploded Wednesday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, police said.
AP: Iraq Troops Find 'Hostage Slaughterhouses'
An Iraqi general said troops found "hostage slaughterhouses" where foreign captives had been killed.
Three relatives of Allawi kidnapped in Baghdad
A cousin of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the cousin's wife and his daughter-in-law were kidnapped on Tuesday evening from their house in Baghdad, a source from the premier's political party said on Wednesday.
Now, let's review the moral and ethical decisions that led to the war in Iraq:
A) We went to war in Iraq because Saddam had WMD and was a threat to the US. Oops, it was later discovered that that was a BIG LIE (but the morally courageous Bush took the high road and blamed it on "faulty intelligence" that he received).
B) We went to war in Iraq to avenge the deaths of US citizens on 9-11. Oops again, the connection between Al Quaeda and Saddam has never been proven (and has been actively disproven, despite Cheney's BIG LIES to the contrary).
C) We went to war with Iraq because they have the second largest oil reserves next to Saudi Arabia (and to get Cheney's company, Halliburton, a lot of lucrative contracts). This is more likely to be true--or at least hasn't been disproven like the reasons above--but is this an ethical or moral reason to launch a pre-emptive attack? Even the duped Repugs know the answer to this rhetorical question.
Here you go, Bush voters. This blood is on your hands now.
Iraq Coalition Casualties
