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Slamming A Leftist Liar
Published on Monday, March 17, 2003 by CommonDreams.org What Century Are We In? by Magie Dominic edited for brevity; my comments highlighted (and hopefully not too offensive except to the author) Modern weapons create the same heartrending images of heartbroken men digging through rubble, searching for home, for family. If Iraq really does have nuclear facilities, why is the U.S. planning to bomb them? The UN has a ban against attacks on nuclear sites. Cruise missiles, once en-route, cannot be recalled. (In 1991, the U.S. bombed Iraqi reactors, exposing the civilian population to radioactive iodine.) The statement made above that the UN bans attacks on nuclear sites is a categoric lie. Please note that the Israeli's bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor in the 80's. There is no such ban. In fact, it is outside of the UN's purvue to ban attacks on legitimate military targets which nuclear sites certainly count as. As to the second part of the statement, that the US bombed Iraqi nuclear sites in 1991 and exposed civilians to radioactive iodine, I'd like to see your proof of such allegations. Otherwise, you are categorically lying. During the six-week assault on Iraq, 84,000 tons of bombs were dropped, the equivalent of five Hiroshimas. I need to repeat that: 84,000 tons of bombs rained down, the equivalent of five Hiroshimas â and children were the largest group of casualties. Many died of hunger and cold. At the Cukurca refugee camp, eighty-six died in three days. So, in your twisted rhetoric, conventional bombs are the equivalent of nuclear weapons, right? Bullshit. In addition, your statement that the largest group of casualties was children is another outrageous lie of the anti-American, anti-Bush, pro-Marxist/Stalinist left. The largest group of casualties in the Gulf War was in the Iraqi military forces. In Iraq, U.S. forces introduced ammunition made with depleted uranium, a radioactive waste. At least 940,000 of those toxic, armour-piercing rounds were fired. Dr. Eric Hoskins, a medical doctor with fifteen years of experience working in war zones, surveyed Iraq two years after the war as part of a Harvard Study Team. He estimates that 50,000 children died in the first eight months of 1991, many from the effects of spent rounds littering the ground. UN aid workers saw Iraqi children playing with empty radioactive shells. In Basra, a child was seen using them as hand puppets. The reports that spent uranium rounds have contributed to both Iraqi deaths and the so-called Gulf War Syndrome is unproven. Although supported by such notable figures as Col. David Hackworth (USMC, Ret), it remains an unproven allegation and therefore, stated as a fact in the above comment, is another lie. Today, the U.S. possesses almost three-quarters of a million metric tons of depleted uranium â even though a 1996 UN subcommittee defined arms containing it as weapons of mass destruction. The mass destruction of Iraqâs water purification facilities hastened the spread of cholera and typhoid, and hastened the deaths of thousands of children. Protocol I of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 54 prohibits the destruction of objects indispensable to the survival of a civilian population, including food and drinking water. Near Baghdad, 12-million gallons of raw sewage spewed into the Tigris River hourly. Without access to television, radio or newspapers, families continued to rely on the Tigris for their drinking water. As many as a quarter of a million Iraqi civilians died as a result of the Gulf War. The best estimates of civilian casualties run to about 35 thousand - at the most and this figure is generally considered quite high. Thus the above comment is another lie promulgated by people who would, and have, turned a blind eye to the murders of millions of Iraqi citizens by the ruthless dictator Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime. Dr. Hoskins recently returned to Canada after another assessment mission to Iraq. His team found that 500,000 Iraqi children are malnourished and the country has only three months of medicine left. Now, with war looming once again, the children are more vulnerable than ever: And this is America's fault why? For over a decade UN sanctions have allowed for food and medical aid to flow to the Iraqi civilian population, but Hussein's regime has instead diverted billions of dollars to reconstruction of his military and his WMD programs. âWhile it is impossible to predict both the nature of any war and the number of expected deaths and injuries, casualties among children will be in the thousands, probably in the tens of thousands and possibly in the hundreds of thousands ... Iraqâs 13-million children are at grave risk of starvation, disease, death and psychological trauma.â In 1991, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney â then Secretary of Defence â directed one of the largest and deadliest military campaigns in history. The Washington victory parade alone cost more than $12-million. The attack began late on a clear moonless night, while children were sleeping. Laser bombs work best when itâs clear; they become confused in the clouds. If any soldier can hear me, if any soldier can read this, in the name of God, realize why you have been called there. You have been called there to kill the children. What century are we living in? What have we become? Oh, this is outrageous bullshit! American soldiers have no more desire to kill children than they do to kill Iraqi soldiers who surrender. They have not and will not intentionally kill unarmed civilians and categorically have no desire to kill innocent children. To state otherwise is to reveal your true duplicitous nature and the depth of your hatred for America and all it stands for. American soldiers are willing to give their lives in defense of their country and in the cause of liberating nearly 25 million people who currently live under a brutal and savage regime that your lies and propaganda support. You are an ignorant lying seditious traitor and I only wish you were in the same room with me right now so I could take some satisfaction in beating you to a pulp for this kind of insult to the brave men and women who don the uniform of America and fight to preserve our way of life. Magie Dominic is author of The Queen of Peace Room, a personal exploration of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Another book to cross off my reading list. Die, you ignorant commie slut traitor. Posted by: FOTSGreg 2003-03-18 |
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