We were waking in the morning and all of a sudden rockets landed in the house and the children...

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21496548.htm

US strikes in Baghdad kill 13, including toddlers
(Reuters)

21 October 2007

BAGHDAD - US air strikes in a Shia stronghold of Baghdad early on Sunday killed two toddlers, Reuters TV footage showed, in clashes that police said left a total of 13 dead and 69 wounded.

The bodies of the toddlers, one in a nappy, lay on crumpled blankets in the morgue of Imam Ali hospital in the poor district of Sadr City where doctors tended to wounded men and boys.

In a house where one of the children lived, a man pointed to bloodstained mattresses and blood-splattered pillows, choking back tears as he held up a photo of one of the dead.

“We were waking in the morning and all of a sudden rockets landed in the house and the children were screaming,” said a woman outside the house.

[shadowknows69]

1. Can't even imagine tha absolute horror of that situation

these people don't deserve to have their home be the main front in the Bush/Cheney/Corporations resource wars. Damn them all to hell.

[varkam]

2. I still don't understand what congress isn't getting.

End the fucking war, folks! Every day that you drag your feet, more blood is going to be on your hands.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Congress? What about Bush? He could order them home today

Congress can't.

Don

[varkam]

5. Sure they can.

The House can defund the damn thing - appealing to Bush to stop the slaughter is absurd at this point.

[frankly_fedup2]

6. The problem to it all with Congress is the amount of votes it takes

to accomplish anything. We need at least 60 votes and the votes are always along party lines. The Dems may have the majority; however, we don't don't have 60 votes. Pathetic but true.

[babylonsister]

12. Nope. Not true:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1783195

[NNN0LHI]

13. Cutting funds would not force Bush to remove the troops from Iraq

If the Dems cut funding Bush would let the troops die like dogs and blame their deaths on the Dems for political advantage. He has already let nearly 4000 die for political advantage. What makes some people think he wouldn't allow a few thousand more to die for the same reason is beyond me.

Don

[shadowknows69]

4. IMO Congress at this point

or at least 85-90% of them are willing accomplises in all of this. I well and truly believe our reps have been bought or threatend or that simply our party has been infiltrated with corporatists.

[orpupilofnature57]

7. Fighting them there ,because we wouldn't tolerate it here ,though their..

trying.

[Thickasabrick]

8. The military of course was unaware of civilian deaths.....does

anyone take our military spokespeople serious anymore?

[malaise]

9. Iraqi deaths don't count

Did the rockets hit the front of their heads or the back? :sarcasm:

[spanone]

10. they should be thanking the great god bu$h for their democracy

:sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

11. The blood splurge is working.