Some video clips from Iraq Veterans Against the War.  The clips are unnerving but bring clarity to the human reality of war.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to see and hear their stories, I am posting the link.  As I watched these veterans tell their stories I felt that not only should their stories be heard, but moreso they should be REQUIRED to be heard.

They offered a part of themselves for us.  At the VERY LEAST we should take the time to hear their stories.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032608J.shtml

If you want proof of the banality of evil, look at our current administration. With George Bush not even knowing the difference between Sunni and Shiite (he is said to have remarked, “I thought we was fighting Mooslims”) the criminal US government pretends it is smart enough to referee this thousand-year-old rivalry.

I sympathize with all sides except the US government side.

There are those who say, “if the US military left, chaos would result.” In actuality, the US military GUARANTEES chaos; if we pulled out of Iraq unconditionally, there is a chance the warring factions could resolve their differences peacefully.

I cry for you dear Iraq!
I am sorry I don’t have more than tears to offer!
And though Saddam was not my hero, I do miss him and cry over him now.

From 1948, since I was a little boy, I’ve been crying over Palestine! But sorry Palestine, since 2003 I don’t cry over you as I should, for the plight of Iraq is much more greater, much more consuming and much more graphic.

Sorry Palestine, and sorry Iraq, we who claim your love have nothing to offer you but women-like tears for we have failed to defend you as brave men would defend their beloved homelands!

has asked for a cease fire. Do you know why? Simple
if he keeps fighting his men will be wiped out and he
will have no power. He needs to be destroyed, because if he is allowed to continue he will be a thorn in the side of the new Government.

The horrible air strikes in Basra of recent, have killed women and children sitting in their homes. The police in Basra saw this and it is no wonder that they refuse to sign up for this insane slaughter.
http://thebeerdoctor.newscloud.com/

The Iraqi army has either met stubborn resistance from Mehdi Army fighters or soldiers and police have refused to fight or changed sides…. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/police-refuse-to-support-iraqi-pms-attacks-on-mehdi-army-802361.html

“We have received a shipment of Strela antiaircraft rockets,” Abu Sajad boasted…”

Gee, everyone involved is telegraphing their moves….. “Dear John” McCain alreay told the enemy that would be “the next battle” when he visited, duh.

”...stumbling into something that looked dangerously like stalemate…”

“The Maliki government is now fighting on behalf of the [coalition] occupiers, forgetting that history is never kind to those who oppress,” he said. “Their fate will be the same as that of Saddam.”