Politics, plain and simple

I don't talk much about it but I abhor the Iraqi situation. I deplore Bush and his sanctimonious posturing I've just read about in the International Herald Tribune, that the 1871 (minimum) American soldiers who have thus far died in the Iraq war would be "disrespected" if the "task" in Iraq was not completed in their honour.

George, you fucking disrespected them the moment you sent them into a falsely justified military action. You disrespected them long before they fell bleeding on that desert sand.

Don't pretend you care now. In fact, Bush and his boys are said to be behind the orchestration of a five-city tour by other "mothers" of soldiers, under a placard that reads, "You don't speak for me, Cindy," referring to the mother camped at the makeshift "Camp Casey" near Bush's vacation retreat.

On Matt Good's blog (see sidebar, not just a pretty face and a musician, but one of the most passionately politically aware citizens I know of, and someone I'm proud is from my hometown) were a series of very graphic photos showing casualties from the war can be found. But Matt took them from this article on Salon.com.

The images are horrible. If you, for whatever godforsaken reason, don't object to this military action, then maybe you might want to ask yourself why the American government is not allowing images of the war to reach the public.

Why don't you see more of that shit?

Because then you'll learn that using buzzwords like "freedom" doesn't stop the bleeding. Because then you'll learn that these "tasks" don't get accomplished without horror unfolding and citizens dying in gruesome, senseless ways that no one should have to endure.

The lack of awareness in the public is a crime, and the Pentagon's overseas press watchdog is responsible.

If you're an American, it is your duty to know what's really going on.

Go read this. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/23/iraq_gallery/index.html

(Although it's a subscription site, by watching an ad you can have free access.)