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In reply to the discussion: Bless Chris Hedges! [View all]girl gone mad
(20,634 posts)31. It was genocide.
Restricting the bombing to only military targets was not part of the U.S. war plan whereas targets included hospitals, electric utilities, schools, factories, water treatment plants, irrigation systems, food storage facilities and community health centres. Over 200,000 people died, the majority of whom were civilians.
In 2003, George Bush Junior inflicted further atrocities on the devastated people of Iraq and on a country virtually bombed back into pre-industrial times by another so-called war. As of today, Iraq has suffered a further one million casualties and four million refugees.
Whether or not the administrations of Bush Senior, Clinton, and Bush Junior intended to commit genocide in Iraq is irrelevant because the consequences of the bombings and sanctions could have been predicted by any reasonable person. The actions of these administrations clearly resulted in mass killing, serious bodily and mental harm, and the infliction of conditions calculated to bring about Iraqs physical destruction in whole or in part. Iraq is a clear-cut case of genocide.
The carnage resulting from this genocide clearly exposes the disparity between the professed principles of American foreign policy and its manifest practice. This hypocrisy betrays the indifference of American leaders to basic democratic principles and to respect for both domestic and international law.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2008/05/21/genocide-in-iraq
In 2003, George Bush Junior inflicted further atrocities on the devastated people of Iraq and on a country virtually bombed back into pre-industrial times by another so-called war. As of today, Iraq has suffered a further one million casualties and four million refugees.
Whether or not the administrations of Bush Senior, Clinton, and Bush Junior intended to commit genocide in Iraq is irrelevant because the consequences of the bombings and sanctions could have been predicted by any reasonable person. The actions of these administrations clearly resulted in mass killing, serious bodily and mental harm, and the infliction of conditions calculated to bring about Iraqs physical destruction in whole or in part. Iraq is a clear-cut case of genocide.
The carnage resulting from this genocide clearly exposes the disparity between the professed principles of American foreign policy and its manifest practice. This hypocrisy betrays the indifference of American leaders to basic democratic principles and to respect for both domestic and international law.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2008/05/21/genocide-in-iraq
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Well, if trying to save lives of innocents is 'meaning well' as he has always done
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#16
I hear a lot of things. I hear about drone attacks escalating and more children dying
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#72
He is one of our finest minds and yet you ridicule him. I find that silly and irresponsible. nt
xiamiam
Jan 2012
#127
And which "Obama bad" meme will he subscribe to because he's all over the place.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2012
#20
That's my biggest criticism of Ralph Nader and one of the reasons why the Greens ostracized him.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2012
#39
YUP ... he's like a ground hog who pops out to see his shadow in election years.
JoePhilly
Jan 2012
#41
I thought as Chris Hedges does in 1996 and 2000. See, I supported Nader, too. I have to live
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2012
#89
Yes, bless all those who oppose the brutal, illegal, genocidal wars that have slaughtered so
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#12
Trying to square the civilian body counts with our poorly defined objectives
whatchamacallit
Jan 2012
#26
For the record, I haven't made any negative comments about Hedges, nor do I plan to
RZM
Jan 2012
#48
Well, I guess I don't want to be any club that turns a blind to blown up children
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#54
Yes and I'm sure a new Republican President can't wait to blow up Iranian children and women. Voting
Pisces
Jan 2012
#100
How exactly is that any different from our current situation? Obama is pretty well allied with the
Erose999
Jan 2012
#66
Tell it to people whose human rights are at the mercy of President Gingrich/Romney.
CakeGrrl
Jan 2012
#96
Oh, shush! He's a "professional leftist" and troublemaker who doesn't toe the party line.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#32
So to be clear, you are explicitly promoting the idea of voting 3rd Party.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#59
I don't need to give you a break because I don't agree with your, um, creative speculation.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#82
My, um, creative speculation is, um, dead fucking obvious because, um, Chris Hedges said TODAY
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#99
Okay, I did all those things. And I still think Chris Hedges is an ass.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#146
Me, too! I've been there. Done that. It's tired. Third parties have absolutely no influence on
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2012
#93
no Sid, you got it all wrong! just because they hate obama, and are kissing this idiot's ass for
dionysus
Jan 2012
#105
To be really clear, Chris Hedges has said he will be voting third party. The person you are
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#85
No, it didn't die a long time ago, because it's still true. And THEN Nader took $ from Republicans
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#123
Now Sabrina, you know good and well that some of these folks entire model of politics
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#130
Lol, that last sentence, so tragically true and to me, such a disappointment.
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#133
Uh huh. And before he said that, all the same people appreciated him here at DU.
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#79
I have long appreciated Chris Hedges and will continue to appreciate him long after
EFerrari
Jan 2012
#83
I like this new "you're chasing us away from the Democratic Party" meme. It's a hoot.
Robb
Jan 2012
#117
Well, I'm not going to argue about it, but anytime you want some evidence I'll be happy
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#120
This fight isnt between the D's and the R's as many posters here pretend.
rhett o rick
Jan 2012
#129