fugitive247/iraq

From the page: "CAMP PENDLETON -- More than 140,000 Marines have served in Iraq or Afghanistan since the Sept. 11 attacks. Only 18 have received the Navy Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor for combat bravery.

On Monday, the family of the 18th recipient, Cpl. Jason S. Clairday, gathered to receive his posthumous award and to hear the young man, who was 21 when he died, remembered as one "who set the standard for others to follow."

Clairday was awarded the Navy Cross for leading Marines in storming an insurgent stronghold in Fallouja in December 2004 to support Marines pinned down inside the home. Already wounded in the first assault, he refused to leave the fight and insisted on leading a second assault."

From an Angry Soldier

From the page: "They don't care about us. We're disposable. We're numbers on a page and they'd rather forget we exist so they don't have to be reminded about the families and lives they ruined while they're sipping their cocktails at another fund raiser dinner. If they were really concerned about supporting the troops, they'd bring them home so their families wouldn't have to cry at a graveside and explain to their children why mommy or daddy isn't coming home. Because you can't explain it. We're not fighting for our country, we're not fighting for the good of Iraq's people, we're fighting for Bush's personal agenda. Patriotism my ass. You know what? My dad served in Vietnam and NOTHING HAS CHANGED. "

From the page: "How much do you know about the war in Iraq? Take our 15-question quiz to find out. Keep track of how many you answered correctly -- you can score yourself once you've reached the end of the quiz."

From the page: "Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser in the Carter administration, delivered a scathing critique of the war in Iraq and warned that the Bush administration%u2019s policy was leading inevitably to a war with Iran, with incalculable consequences for US imperialism in the Middle East and internationally."

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Well, duh!!! It doesn't take a degree in rocket surgery to connect those dots.

Related: Senate Hearing, Thursday, February 1, 2007 [senate.gov]

Let me get this right. A bunch of pampered celebs are being hyped as some sort of quasi-protagonist-heroes just because none partake of sustenence for 24 hour periods a'la a relay race format? (expletive-laden comment previously in this location deleted out of respect for fellow Stumblers)



Hunger Strike 101

Not a bad way to kill the last few minutes of waiting for a download to finish. Load the page again, but this time don't swat the flies for a little bit. Let them go from side to side a few times and see what happens.

Truly humbling when one finds a life lost from a community of about 200 people. To some these are just statistics. To the rest of us they were family and friends. This site should help reinforce this vital truth.

Choreographed propaganda, period. From the article: "Before it began, a Pentagon official coached the troops, telling them the president planned to ask questions on three topics: The overall security in Iraq, how they were preparing for the vote on Saturday and how much progress had been made in the training of Iraqi troops."