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| Anti-War Prof Speaks the Islamic/Socialist Party Line |
| 2004-12-18 |
| Uncut The writer is a state poet for Pennsylvania and served in the Marine in the 50s. He is apparently also a pro 'Palestinian' type, too. The ongoing guerrilla war in Iraq is one of the longest land wars that American Marines have waged in their history. And each day they pay the price in blood, casualty by casualty. To date the war (long since identified as illicit by legal tribunals around the world and immoral by every religious denomination deserving of the name) has taken the lives of almost 1,300 Marines and soldiers. Over 9,000 others have been wounded (30 percent of whom have lost arms, legs or eyes), a high percentage of veterans have been afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder, and there have been suicides. Sooo, the news is that more than 99 percent of US forces in Iraq have not been killed. And if, perfessor, you are so concerned about war casualties, shouldn't you be angry at the enemy? Oh, and did you mention that 60 percent of those casualties have returned to active frontline duty? Estimates of the number of Iraqi dead range from 20,000 to 100,000 with God knows how many wounded. You fail to mention that the enemy, not being a legal enemy by the way, have caused the lion's share of these deaths. Although the last election did not give a clear choice vis-a-vis Iraq between "staying the course" and "staying the course better," those who voted for the incumbent essentially accepted the war as a given. Few if any noted that the idea for the war had been hatched in the 1990s by Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, William Kristol, I. Lewis Libby, Richard Perle and other easily recognizable neoconservatives. Few people realize something when its a fantasy. And the perfesser wants the reader to forget, WMD or not, Saddam failed in his obligation to fully disclose the state of his weapons programs, and that alone was a cause for war. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 I was once the stale poet of Michigan. But that was post-Nugent and pre-Kid Rock and -Eminem |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-18 11:47:26 PM |
| #7 State poet of New Jersey you say? |
| Posted by: trolling for allen 2004-12-18 11:45:11 PM |
| #6 Ralph Peters wrote a great line about assnuggets like this: " A roomful of university professors makes me nostalgic for the Khmer Rouge." |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2004-12-18 11:31:54 PM |
| #5 ODA: "Who blew up da Owl?" See LGF (or is that LFG?) for an example of what it takes to be a poet today. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-12-18 7:13:04 PM |
| #4 "Can I get one of those governmet funded poet laureate posts now?" No, ODA, you're overqualified for the position. Your poem rhymes. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-12-18 11:11:51 AM |
| #3 I lost interest after the first paragraph . . . he is saying pretty much the same thing every other peacenik says . . . America is terrible because they don't let me run the country . . . letting dictators run wild with blood in the streets is just fine . . .booo hoooo . . . |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2004-12-18 10:57:50 AM |
| #2 I am an anti-war poet too. Check this out. America is bad We have been had That makes me sad Can I get one of those governmet funded poet laureate posts now? |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-12-18 10:33:54 AM |
| #1 Oooooooh, a poet! Guess I'd better pay attention... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-12-18 10:24:45 AM |