Saturday, April 23, 2011
UPSET BY UNENDING AMERICAN WAR
SHAME SHAME SHAME -- The Afghanistan war has disappointed me more than all your other missteps.
“You can’t just convince them through projects and goodwill,” a Marine officer said. “You have to show up at their door with two companies of Marines and start killing people. That’s how you start convincing them.” Comment by a Marine officer to the Washington Post for its April 16 story about “signs of progress” for President Obama’s surge strategy in southern Afghanistan.
“We started stacking bodies like cordwood,” said an officer in Sangin, who like other Marines asked for anonymity to speak frankly. “And they came to a point where they said, ‘Holy [expletive], there aren’t that many of us left.’ ”
SHAME. Though I still support you, it has changed to a position of "least worse of the worst." Your actions in Aghanistan are as disgraceful as anything by George Bush. I can think of no lower thing to say. Examine your conscience. Leave your "cool" for an hour or so and get a backbone and a renewed grip on morality.
“You can’t just convince them through projects and goodwill,” a Marine officer said. “You have to show up at their door with two companies of Marines and start killing people. That’s how you start convincing them.” Comment by a Marine officer to the Washington Post for its April 16 story about “signs of progress” for President Obama’s surge strategy in southern Afghanistan.
“We started stacking bodies like cordwood,” said an officer in Sangin, who like other Marines asked for anonymity to speak frankly. “And they came to a point where they said, ‘Holy [expletive], there aren’t that many of us left.’ ”
SHAME. Though I still support you, it has changed to a position of "least worse of the worst." Your actions in Aghanistan are as disgraceful as anything by George Bush. I can think of no lower thing to say. Examine your conscience. Leave your "cool" for an hour or so and get a backbone and a renewed grip on morality.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
River Monsters
I sent this to the Animal Planet channel about the River Monsters show.
"I am distressed about "River Monsters." First, no animals or living creatures are monsters. That is a sensationalized and ignorant term to allure the general public, already conditioned to be attracted to fear and anxiety. River Monsters represents an atavistic and primitive approach to other-than-human life as something to be captured, exploited and killed. I expect a more enlightened approach from Animal Planet. Thank you."
"I am distressed about "River Monsters." First, no animals or living creatures are monsters. That is a sensationalized and ignorant term to allure the general public, already conditioned to be attracted to fear and anxiety. River Monsters represents an atavistic and primitive approach to other-than-human life as something to be captured, exploited and killed. I expect a more enlightened approach from Animal Planet. Thank you."
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