Comments on: Hidden Wounds of the Occupation of Iraq http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Max Shields http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/#comment-41439 Max Shields Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:11:46 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7283#comment-41439 This same story can be told regarding Vietnam and the US invasion/occupation and murder of 3 million Southeast Asians - children, women and men; not to mention the ecological damage that is beyond one's imagination. The bombing tonage was equal to that of the WWII (on a tiny land mass, mind you) - and of the full devastation of atomic atrocities to Japan. The lasting human tragedy that continues, the napalm and gases defoiling and destroying whole swathes of land and water is immeasurable. There has been no accounting for this; and there never will be - more than likely. Iraq and the world that is devasted by US intervention - Latin America and parts of Africa and the Middle East, are byond the rule of law and justice. It is the ultimate atrocity to let such a manical power go unfettered, unaccountable for its war machine. As we sit here in the US, worrying about jobs, economic free fall, and no "safety net" to protect the least fortunate, the corporate/political elite and plutocracy continue its ways with its drones and military escalation and occupation with 800 bases round the globe. I scratch my head in askance: what has the United States of America done that is so good that it outweighs the human slaughter, dislocation and ecological damage to the planet? What "money" has been spent by the US that somehow pays for ALL THIS!!! Who are "we" to claim as self-righteous moral highground as this government slaughters children and pays for Israel to do likewise? This same story can be told regarding Vietnam and the US invasion/occupation and murder of 3 million Southeast Asians – children, women and men; not to mention the ecological damage that is beyond one’s imagination. The bombing tonage was equal to that of the WWII (on a tiny land mass, mind you) – and of the full devastation of atomic atrocities to Japan. The lasting human tragedy that continues, the napalm and gases defoiling and destroying whole swathes of land and water is immeasurable.

There has been no accounting for this; and there never will be – more than likely. Iraq and the world that is devasted by US intervention – Latin America and parts of Africa and the Middle East, are byond the rule of law and justice.

It is the ultimate atrocity to let such a manical power go unfettered, unaccountable for its war machine. As we sit here in the US, worrying about jobs, economic free fall, and no “safety net” to protect the least fortunate, the corporate/political elite and plutocracy continue its ways with its drones and military escalation and occupation with 800 bases round the globe.

I scratch my head in askance: what has the United States of America done that is so good that it outweighs the human slaughter, dislocation and ecological damage to the planet? What “money” has been spent by the US that somehow pays for ALL THIS!!! Who are “we” to claim as self-righteous moral highground as this government slaughters children and pays for Israel to do likewise?

]]> By: mary http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/#comment-41437 mary Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:20:02 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7283#comment-41437 Read Layla Anwar's blistering view of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a misnomer if ever there was one. http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/03/year-7.html Read Layla Anwar’s blistering view of Operation Iraqi Freedom, a misnomer if ever there was one.

http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2009/03/year-7.html

]]> By: Jesse C. Anderson http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/#comment-41400 Jesse C. Anderson Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:09:15 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7283#comment-41400 Yes it was worth it, now all we get to do is sat back and watch how the peoples of the world undersstand what evil peoples that don't want to share the world with other, like woman,jews black etc. Yes it was worth it, now all we get to do is sat back and watch how the peoples of the world undersstand what evil peoples that don’t want to share the world with other, like woman,jews black etc.

]]> By: Moz http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/#comment-41393 Moz Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:16:43 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7283#comment-41393 Of course it was worth it, companies from all over Iraq could have got into Iraqis oil market if sanctions had been lifted, which they inevitably would have been. Now the US has sway over where the contracts go, and brand new bases to replace those lost in Saud, bang in hydrocarbon heartland. What would the world do without US primacy? Run it's own affairs? Imagine if the Russians had have got all the contracts, I mean, I can hardly see Saddam selling oil to the US without compulsion. Ps. Just for clarity, my tongue is firmly in cheek. What has been done to Iraq is APALLING! Of course it was worth it, companies from all over Iraq could have got into Iraqis oil market if sanctions had been lifted, which they inevitably would have been.

Now the US has sway over where the contracts go, and brand new bases to replace those lost in Saud, bang in hydrocarbon heartland.

What would the world do without US primacy? Run it’s own affairs?
Imagine if the Russians had have got all the contracts, I mean, I can hardly see Saddam selling oil to the US without compulsion.

Ps. Just for clarity, my tongue is firmly in cheek. What has been done to Iraq is APALLING!

]]> By: John S. Hatch http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/hidden-wounds-of-the-occupation-of-iraq/#comment-41361 John S. Hatch Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:51:55 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7283#comment-41361 As ex Secretary of State Madeleine Albright infamously said of Iraq sanctions, the deaths of 500,000 children was 'worth it'. For many Americans, the deaths and dislocation of millions of Iraqis is 'worth it' because Saddam was behind 9/11, had weapons of mass destruction, was going to nuke the US and used poison gas against his OWN PEOPLE! (Of course he got the poison courtesy of the USA.) And they think that the US is spreading freedom & democracy. Not even organized religion speaks out against these vile crimes against humanity. But then there's no Christ in Christianity, is there? As ex Secretary of State Madeleine Albright infamously said of Iraq sanctions, the deaths of 500,000 children was ‘worth it’.

For many Americans, the deaths and dislocation of millions of Iraqis is ‘worth it’ because Saddam was behind 9/11, had weapons of mass destruction, was going to nuke the US and used poison gas against his OWN PEOPLE! (Of course he got the poison courtesy of the USA.)

And they think that the US is spreading freedom & democracy. Not even organized religion speaks out against these vile crimes against humanity. But then there’s no Christ in Christianity, is there?

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