[lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete's Role Reversal
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:12:30 -0800
Oh, Eric, read the papers.
A few weeks ago, the US military admitted that it indeed kept records of deaths in Iraq
(until now, they said they had no records). Of the civilians deaths, about 2/3rds were
caused by the US (i.e., twice as many as by the insurrgency.)
Okay, it's not surprising, if you think about it. The insurgency is about 5-10,000 men. They
set off bombs and every once in a while, assasinate someone.
In the other corner, wearing white Speedo thongs, white cowboy boots, and a white cowboy
hat, the US military has between 110,000 to 150,000 troops in Iraq. They race through
villages in their hummers and trucks. People get run over. They set up roadblocks and shoot
wildly at any goat that approaches. People get killed. They fly around in helicopters and
jets and pound the ground with missiles, machineguns, and whatever. People get killed. The
US has an overwhelming presence in Iraq, and they shoot wildly at whatever moves. People
die. Lots of people die.
But they have nice intentions.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:04 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Willie Pete's Role Reversal
Andreas wrote: Actually, the US military's records show that on any given day, the US
military kills about twice as many civilians as the insurrgents kill.
Eric: Prove that. Cite some source. I know you are straining to blur distinctions here,
but you post things that are prima facie unbelievable. Where did you get that information?
Please wake me from my dogmatic slumber.
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