For anyone who still believes that 'our' side is doing good over in Iraq (see previous posts), Afghanistan and the rest of that region, here is a story about two of those who were on the ground during the action:
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2010/04/16/collateral-murder-veterans-apologize-to-iraqi-families/
I think one can say that their career in the military has been capped by their admissions.
Can anyone explain how this sort of brutality is in Canada's best interests? Why are we not demanding war crimes investigations into all those who do these things, and into the actions of those who attempted to cover them up??
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Summing up our moral superiority
Once again, Glenn Greenwald puts things into perspective:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/06/iraq/index.html
And furthermore:
"We've shot an amazing number of people and killed a number and, to my knowledge, none has proven to have been a real threat to the force."
That was General Stanley McChrystal, supreme commander of United States forces in Afghanistan, late last month - during one of the virtual "town hall" meetings held with US troops every two weeks, as reported in the New York Times.
McChrystal added, "To my knowledge, in the nine-plus months I've been here, not a single case where we have engaged in an escalation of force incident and hurt someone has it turned out that the vehicle had a suicide bomb or weapons in it and, in many cases, had families in it."
We are despicable
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/06/iraq/index.html
And furthermore:
"We've shot an amazing number of people and killed a number and, to my knowledge, none has proven to have been a real threat to the force."
That was General Stanley McChrystal, supreme commander of United States forces in Afghanistan, late last month - during one of the virtual "town hall" meetings held with US troops every two weeks, as reported in the New York Times.
McChrystal added, "To my knowledge, in the nine-plus months I've been here, not a single case where we have engaged in an escalation of force incident and hurt someone has it turned out that the vehicle had a suicide bomb or weapons in it and, in many cases, had families in it."
We are despicable
Monday, April 5, 2010
What we should be fighting against ...
... and it doesn't involve using Canadian troops as cannon fodder:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/05/afghanistan/index.html
I bet this never gets mentioned in our parliament or our TV and Print news sources.
Here's a follow-up, mentioning the heroic work of Canadian Brig Gen. Eric Tremblay, ISAF Spokesperson in 'reporting' the incident:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/04/05/us_forces_afghanistan_killings_open2010/index.html
And finally, for those with the stomach, here's some more of our 'heroic allies' at work:
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-releases-video-of-us-copters-killing-iraqi-civilians/
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/05/afghanistan/index.html
I bet this never gets mentioned in our parliament or our TV and Print news sources.
Here's a follow-up, mentioning the heroic work of Canadian Brig Gen. Eric Tremblay, ISAF Spokesperson in 'reporting' the incident:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/04/05/us_forces_afghanistan_killings_open2010/index.html
And finally, for those with the stomach, here's some more of our 'heroic allies' at work:
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-releases-video-of-us-copters-killing-iraqi-civilians/
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