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Resist this Endless War
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Robychef said at 9:58 p.m. on Oct 27, 2007:
yes peace forever!
Fishaholic said at 2:44 a.m. on Oct 28, 2007:
Give me a BREAK!!! These morons have no idea what they're doing. Cut and run is the WORST thing we could do. What good does pulling troops out now do? It's because of what the troops are doing right now enables you people to do this type of ridiculous activity. Use a little common sense for cripes sake.
Roygoodwin said at 2:24 p.m. on Oct 28, 2007:
Hi Everyone!

Thanks for visiting and for taking the time to leave comments. I appreciate it.

Best regards,

Roy.
LatentE said at 3:51 p.m. on Oct 28, 2007:
Lol! A tabblo of Atrios' buddies, the DFHs. I'm amazed that you people don't understand how America must be protected. Think of our children! It's time to invade Venezuela.

Thanks for posting this tabblo of one of the many nationwide demonstrations against the destructive policies of America's government. The triplets are a stark reminder that we are all in this together.
LatentE said at 10:17 p.m. on Oct 28, 2007:
Reta, I think you need to be informed of some things. Firstly, Bin Laden is reportedly somewhere in Pakistan in the area bordering Afghanistan. He's been there since late 2001 when American forces under the direction of Donald Rumsfeld. the then U.S. Secretary of Defense, let him escape from Afghanistan. OK.

To simplify, Bin Laden isn't in Iraq so he can plan and arrange all the attacks he wants and what's going on in Iraq has zip to do with his ability to do so. Got that? Bin Laden not in Iraq. Troops dying in Iraq a waste in terms of Bin Laden.

Canadian troops dying in Afghanistan are another story. One that's also screwed up because of Iraq. You see, from the day of 9-11 the American government has been planning to go to war with Iraq. That's been disclosed by multiple insiders that are anything but left leaning DFHs. There are strong indications that the planning for war with Iraq long predates 9-11 but that's too much insider stuff. Look up PNAC and "a new Pearl Harbor" if you're interested. I'll try to stick with the simple. Afghanistan is screwed up because American forces were quickly redirected to the then pending and now interminable war in Iraq. Canada and Canadian forces are pawns in a meat grinder (to mix metaphors).

Speaking of ground meat, the now tired metaphor for fighting in Iraq is the "fly paper theory." That is, because America has begun a war in Iraq, Muslim extremists are flocking there to fight the invaders. So "we fight them there so we don't have to fight them here." The only problem with that theory is that there's nothing that prevents them from fighting us here, right now. Nothing. They're not wearing blinders and only able to see Iraq and Afghanistan as the battlefield. So the concern about leaving Iraq is baseless unless you realize all the new hatred America has generated by killing thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or more, depending on the group doing the dead count. (Incidentally the high value is from The Lancet, one of the most respected medical journals in the world. Not a political organization unless you regard concern for life as a political factor.) So do you stop generating more bloody hatred or do you go on? And go on to where? Victory?

There's also the monetary cost of the endless, directionless Iraq war. It's now somewhere near $600 billion dollars. That's off budget too. That is, it's not considered in the American budget. It's like an invisible credit card that someone else will eventually have to pay. Guess who that someone else is going to be? But even that number is far too small as representing the real cost. There's also the need to rebuild the American military. Add to that the care needed by all the troops that have been catastrophically injured already by the war. The estimates I've seen put the cost - now - at more than a trillion dollars. That's if the war ended today. Now. But it's not ending and so the real cost will be much much more.

You've got national health care in Canada. That doesn't exist in America. Here, if you get sick or your child gets sick and even if you've got the best coverage, a long term serious illness will break you and your family and likely result in the death of whoever in your family needs the long term care. Do you think there will be enough revenue to provide national health care coverage in America when it comes time to pay the bills for the Iraq war? President Bush has already gone to a building where Social Security bonds are held and pulled some out and waved them around saying, "they're just paper."

That's the Iraq war. It doesn't protect us. It does the opposite. It endangers us. It also bankrupts us, both financially and morally.

There are so many places on the web to argue issues and politics. Tabblo isn't really one of them. But condemning someone's tabblo page with images of real happenings in America has become a sort of usual and standard practice in America. A new form of censorship. As Stephen Colbert, the satirical political analyst, has indicated, "reality has a well-known liberal bias" and so must be condemned and suppressed at all costs.
Abking said at 11:52 p.m. on Oct 31, 2007:
This is a wonderful and much needed tabblo capturing the many modes people can still choose to exercise their right to freedom of expression. Polls show the majority of people in America want to end this war that is draining our country, plunging us into generations of debt, killing thousands. My heart's with the protesters, but even if it wasn't, these are good photos, Roy. Thanks for posting.
Roygoodwin said at 8:04 p.m. on Nov 1, 2007:
Dear LatentE, Reta, and Allan,

LatentE - Thanks for your essay! Reta - glad you're back with a new PC. Allan - thank you for your kind encouragements.

To All - my wife and I were among the 10,000 that marched in Boston on the 27th. LatentE is correct. There were marches in a number of major cities.

The triplet sisters were great. They each held a long ribbon that was, I think, commensurate with the loss of life suffered by the victims on 9/11, US Service Men and Women, and the Iraqi people. As one can see, with over a million people killed the red satin is more of a long flowing drape than a ribbon....

Thanks to everyone for visiting!

Best,
Roy.
Pkeener said at 9:08 a.m. on Nov 7, 2007:
Hey Roy..I didnt see this one. WOW. So great. i love the sequence of shots. The boots really kill me. The crucifix mixed in. everything. i wont comment, because Latent and Allan have pretty much said what I would and much better. Peace.
Leftofcenter said at 9:23 a.m. on Nov 7, 2007:
very moving pics, the message is clear. amen. thx Roy.
(ps: "right with ya" LatentE!)
Pkeener said at 1:56 p.m. on Nov 7, 2007:
Nope, Reta. Latent does not belong in politics! he is far too intelligent for that. and, Reta, your quip about No one saying life wasnt hard for many?? How does that even apply here?
Latent, love the mixed metaphor.."pawns in a meet grinder" Amen to your thoughts
they ring true..and i don't mean "Truthiness"

Thanks again, Roy.
Roygoodwin said at 8:04 p.m. on Nov 7, 2007:
Dear Pam and Annelies,

Thanks to you both for visiting and for your support. I really appreciate it.

Best regards,

Roy.
Siagian said at 2:52 a.m. on Mar 12, 2008:
"all we are saying...is give peace a chance..."


from the very beginning i too was against the war. pulling the troops out will be a delicate procedure involving so many factors. it needs to be done in such a way that no more innocent lives are lost. bravo on this tabblo.
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