A Word or Two about Petraeus | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: A Word or Two about Petraeus (4.00 / 3)

This is the key paragraph ans it is revolting.

"So here we have them, like in 2004, setting up these Shiite militias, and now he's setting up these Sunni militias to fight these Shiite militias. And what it portends is just an absolute disaster for Iraq. And, of course, it will also be used as justification: "Well, we can't leave because a bloodbath will result." But we're not looking at the fact that it's the U.S. that's creating this bloodbath."

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 12:02:40 PM EST

Re: A Word or Two about Petraeus (4.00 / 2)

I think you could couple that with this latest estimate of Iraqi civilian deaths (averaged across four surveys reckoned at over 3/4s of a million) and this report about the Iraqi refugee crisis (100,000 Iraqis fleeing Iraq per month), and it's not difficult to imagine someone like Petraeus in a war crimes docket some day.

Of course, I'm sure our media will still be discussing the high crime of the Moveon.org ad.

by delicatemonster (delicatemons@delicatemonster.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 12:50:55 PM EST
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Re: A Word or Two about Petraeus (none / 1)

Can you embed the MoveOn.org ad here for those of us who don't know what that's about?

Oye, vatos, dees English sink todos mi ships, chinga sus madres, so escuche: el fleet es ahora refloated, OK? — The War Nerd

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 01:59:21 PM EST
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Re: A Word or Two about Petraeus (4.00 / 2)

How about a link?

Moveon.org ad

And a quick screen grab...

by delicatemonster (delicatemons@delicatemonster.com) on Mon Sep 17th, 2007 at 03:51:09 PM EST
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Re: A Word or Two about Petraeus (none / 1)

Let's call it The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly strategy:

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the dog ...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat ...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider...
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don't know why she swallowed that fly--
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old lady who swallowed a horse--
she's dead, of course.

by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Mon Oct 1st, 2007 at 03:41:33 AM EST
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