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March 16, 2006 at 15:16:34

Homeland Dreamland

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But many Americans would be most shocked to realize that much of the world sees these suffering young men and women as war criminals. In fact, this film shows a human picture of people who are indisputably committing war crimes. They are engaged in an illegal and aggressive war. They are fighting people in their homes and treating them as sub-human.

Yet, we treat our soldiers as less than human if we "support" them by putting them in and leaving them in this situation.



Our soldiers ask Iraqis to understand the suffering of the soldiers occupying their country. And so they should. It is real. But do we understand the suffering of the Iraqis? Do we understand it the way we would the death of someone in our household? Are we even halfway to that understanding?

And what of the Saudi men who flew airplanes into our buildings? Is it possible that those criminals were also human beings and that some jumble of thoughts worth separating out was in their heads?

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DAVID SWANSON is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997.

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David I think the planes were taken over by remote control a plan by the Bush syndicate.

Soldiers in Iraq are criminals along with Bush. They should also be prosecuted. They joined the killing lie, so they are liable too. Along with Americans who support the President who sent them there. That's right!! the election was stolen, so we don't know really who supports Bush do we.

We no longer have defense contractors, they are Preemptive Contractors. Also we face ignorance. Soldiers have no opportunity for education. They are handed a gun and said go kill. How is that?

Soldiers are fed lies along with the public.

It won't change until the world is conquered by the US, and we are led by its Lie, or the republicans admit they are the problem. They won't admit it. As liars hold to their false honor, they will continue to holdout as the world is forced to their will and concious. They are raping the world into submission.

Humanity will not accept it, no matter if Bush destroys the world right now!

by Dom Jermano (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 40 diaries, 934 comments) on Friday, March 17, 2006 at 9:33:12 PM
 

 

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