How Much Worse than 1 or 2 Soldiers a Day Killed?!?

[leftchick]

Iraq has the potential to get A LOT worse and Fast for our soldiers. I just read this at Salon.com. If you are not a member you may get a 1 day pass to read this article. It is CHILLING....



http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/05/shiite/index.html

Waiting for the Command to Start Killing Americans

<snip>However, one issue leaves him at odds with Sistani. Ithir desperately wants his ayatollah to declare jihad on the Americans, so that he can start killing American soldiers.

This is not good news. Ithir is a Shiite, and Shiites are supposed to love the Americans, or at least not hate them as much as some of the other Iraqis do. The way the Bush administration lays it out, the anti-U.S. violence is coming either from the Sunni minority (Baathists who want the Americans to leave so they can reclaim the stranglehold on the country they enjoyed under Saddam) or from foreign terrorists.

But things are a whole lot more subtle and complicated than that. A lot of the Shiites, like Ithir, are furious at the Americans and ready to kill. And Shiites make up 60 percent of the country; they're well-organized and have clear leadership and command structures. If they go, the Americans won't be facing the occasional roadside bomb or rocket-propelled grenade. They'll be facing a full-on nationwide insurrection.

......Bring our Troops Home!

[izzie]

1. Did you see 100,000 called up? Bush is going nuts.

n/t

[leftchick]

2. Yes I did, I posted this in that thread also...

This is all so INSANE! Wake the hell up murkins! :grr:

[puppeteer]

3. It's absolutely criminal.

You know what the most absurd thing is?

Even with all the BS that BushCo is putting the military through: cutting budgets, salaries, not supporting, etc...

If you talk to anyone in the military they'll (for the most part, from what i've seen) still hold the "Shrub is the Military Buddy Pres." opinion. All I know is that when my little brother came back from basic and AIT training a month before he got sent over to the Bush War, I was surprised to find that he considered himself a conservative republican.

What the hell are they doing in the military, brainwashing these poor buggers?

[leftchick]

4. actually, yes they are being brainwashed...

are you aware that their news "sources" are faux news and rush? Very sad..... Welcome to DU and my prayers are with your brother!