I have one friend, well ex-friend, who I would call far-left and he hates the US with a passion. No matter how many times I tell him that he must make a distinction between US citizens and their rulers, he can't! I feel very sorry for him. Also, most other leftists I know think he is a ratbag!

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Lucky is he (sic) who has been able to understand the causes of things
Virgil

I believe so, slon.

Further,, the International Journalists Union is livid.

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Lucky is he (sic) who has been able to understand the causes of things
Virgil

that means zip..... its not the source I am debating its the conclusion....

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile....

What if this was reversed...

If a US Journalist was shot unlawfully under fire from British Soldiers. During the investigation into his death the British soldiers not only don't show up but edit the important fifteen minutes of the journalist death out of the tape...

The US would be furious...

This Journalist has a familly and they deserve the respect of invetigation into his death... It's this kinda fucking atitude that I hope the Brits fuck off out of Iraq and leave ye high and dry...

Why?

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The DoD claims that civilians aren't intentionally targetted but that's a duplicitous claim if the soldiers haven't been ordered to determine who is and isn't a civilian before they shoot.

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Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush?

--Hunter S. Thompson