NYT: US Accidentally Killed 9 Iraqi Civilians

[Muttocracy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?ref=world

[HughMoran]

1. Endless war = endless death and destruction

We need to get the fuck out of this place and let them rebuild without our "help".

[otherlander]

2. Hey, let's start calling everyone "civilians".

Except that you don't do that. You don't say "this many civilians went to a football game" or "this many civilians adopted children" or "this many civilians moved to Vermont in 2005" or "this many civilians majored in economics". But maybe we should start doing that. And maybe we should keep doing that until everyone gets the piture and gets that it's them we're talking about, and understands that they are in that category of people who thier leaders consider disposable.

:grr:


Note: this is an angry rant. it is not an angry rant directed at anyone reading this.

[Muttocracy]

3. yep, and it's also not my idea of an "accident"

Accident to me is like me slipping and falling on a patch of ice this morning, or a deer jumping in front or your car...