The Ghost of Anbar -- And -- Progress In Iraq? Part 2/3

Anti-Empire Report

Refuse to fight

The world is very weary of all this and wants to laugh again

By William Blum

09/11/07 "ICH" --- -- Okay, Bush ain't gonna get out of Iraq no matter what anyone says or does short of a)impeachment, b)a lobotomy, or c)one of his daughters setting herself afire in the Oval Office as a war protest. A few days ago, upon arriving in Australia, "in a chipper mood", he was asked by the Deputy Prime Minister about his stopover in Iraq. "We're kicking ass," replied the idiot king.[1] Another epigram for his tombstone.

And the Democrats ain't gonna end the war. Ninety-nine percent of the American people protesting on the same day ain't gonna do it either, in this democracy. (No, I'm sorry to say that I don't think the Vietnam protesters ended the war. There were nine years of protest -- 1964 to 1973 -- before the US military left Vietnam. It's a stretch to ascribe a cause and effect to that. The United States, after all, had to leave sometime.)

Only those fighting the war can end it. By laying down their arms and refusing to kill anymore, including themselves. Some American soldiers in Iraq have already refused to go on very dangerous combat missions. Iraq Veterans Against the War, last month at their annual meeting, in St. Louis, voted to launch a campaign encouraging American troops to refuse to fight. "Iraq Veterans Against the War decided to make support of war resisters a major part of what we do," said Garrett Rappenhagen, a former U.S. Army sniper who served in Iraq from February 2004 to February 2005.

The veterans group has begun organizing among active duty soldiers on military bases. Veterans have toured the country in busses holding barbeques outside the base gates. They also plan to step up efforts to undermine military recruiting efforts.

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[tsukinoda]

an interesting claim, i would be interested in looking at any links you might know of about this

[GhostDog65]

Anyone trying talking to the CIA guys that were on the ground at the time. There not that hard to find.

[xlgun]

you dome ass the hol world hate you.dy to hell

[RobinofSactown]

The pro-war "blogger counds like one of yhe Pentagon's army of paid hacks -do they really do that? I made a vid about it.

The Cirporal hee speaking of this false Larry of Arabia guy shows how intelligent men get brainwashed by con men in Iraq today. Thanks 2 u and al Jazera for great reporting on this.

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

AGAIN saying something does not mean its true.. post the links the evidence the proof.. AGAIN if saddam was what you say he was all he had to do WAS say it to the world to win support for himself even before we invaded common sense man wtf

[indulf]

That may not have been the real Saddam at the trial. Look at the soft, actorly body language of the 'trial Saddam' - it is nothing like the body language of the real Saddam. Look at the poor teeth of the 'trial Saddam' - nothing like the teeth of the real Saddam. The CIA had a report that the real Saddam went into exile in Belarus.

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

NO he didn't otherwise you would of posted a link.. Saddam was indeed OFFERED a place to stay I believe in Dubai, or oman but he REFUSED to leave iraq

[KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

Sorry but its just like Saying the CIA helped alqaeda its a folk myth. IF Saddam was indeed helped by the CIA all he had to do was EXPOSE this fraud at his trial he did not because its simply not true

[pebruary]

Various newspapers, and CNN, have reported that Saddam offered to go into exile.

[pebruary]

United Press International collected evidence of Saddam's CIA training from many former U.S. diplomats, British scholars and former U.S. intelligence officials. Saddam's CIA handler was an Iraqi dentist working for the CIA. One of Saddam's CIA paymasters 'was Capt. Abdel Maquid Farid, the assistant military attaché at the Egyptian Embassy.'