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madfloridian

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7. This is from 2006 about a private who was clueless about Iraq's history.

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:49 PM

Jun 2014

He just wanted to get his nose dirty.

On March 21, the day after American and British troops began their illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, an "embedded" CNN correspondent interviewed an American soldier. "I wanna get in there and get my nose dirty," Private AJ said. "I wanna take revenge for 9/11."

To be fair to the correspondent, even though he was "embedded" he did sort of weakly suggest that so far there was no real evidence that linked the Iraqi government to the September 11 attacks. Private AJ stuck his teenage tongue out all the way down to the end of his chin. "Yeah, well that stuff's way over my head," he said.

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"Babylonian Booty"..more on those like Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney... [View all] madfloridian Jun 2014 OP

I remember how heart-breaking that was, not to mention a war crime. Airc, International law requires sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #1

This is from 2006 about a private who was clueless about Iraq's history. madfloridian Jun 2014 #7

How sad, 'I want to get revenge for 9/11'. So indoctrinated, I wonder if this soldier, like so many sabrina 1 Jun 2014 #9

Thanks for this post MF...So much went down the Rabbit Hole of our KoKo Jun 2014 #2

It was a disgraceful time. madfloridian Jun 2014 #3

K & R n/t malaise Jun 2014 #4

.... madfloridian Jun 2014 #8

Kick for the reminder FloriTexan Jun 2014 #5

Awful, wasn't it? madfloridian Jun 2014 #6