Americans can not accept a major mistake was made in their name

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.coanews.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1421




from VIETNAM to FALLUJAH
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3567811

[WinkyDink]

1. I think "mistake" should be "CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY". Just sayin'.

[seemslikeadream]

2. "CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY".

YES




Until the philosophy,
Which holds one race superior
And another inferior,
Is finally and permanently
Discredited and abandoned,
Everywhere is war.

WAR

Until there is no longer first class
Or second class citizens of any nation.
Until the color of a man's skin,
Is of no more significance than
The color of his eyes,
I've got to say "war".

WAR

That until the basic human rights,
Are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race,
I'll say "war"

Until that day the dream of lasting peace,
World-citizenship and the rule of
International morality will remain
Just a fleeting illusion to be pursued,
But never obtained.
And everywhere is war.

Until the ignoble and unhappy regime
Which holds all of us through,
Child-abuse, yeah, child-abuse yeah,
Sub-human bondage has been toppled,
Utterly destroyed,
Everywhere is war.

War in the east,
War in the west,
War up north,
War down south,
There is war,
And the rumors of war.

Until that day,
the african continent will know no peace
There is no continent,
Which will know peace.

Children, children.

Fight!

We find it necessary.
We know we will win.
We have confidence in the victory
Of good over evil
Of good over evil

Fight the real enemy!

[kenny blankenship]

5. I agree. It's critically important to call things by their right names

agressive wars, like this one, are crimes against humanity.

[Solly Mack]

3. Sure they can as long as war crimes are framed as "mistakes"

That's why Iraq is always spoken of in terms of "mistakes made" - to give the guilty a way out.

Anyone can make mistakes.

Lot easier to forgive a mistake than it is a war crime.


Iraq wasn't a mistake - it was and remains a war crime.

[spag68]

4. We as Americans

place too much value on "winning" and not enough on doing the right thing.