THINGS THEY DON'T TEACH US IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS:

The actual anniversary was yesterday.

65 years ago the United States committed a war crime against Japan by firebombing ordinary citizens in Tokyo.

100,000 civilians died by explosion and fire, the largest number from any attack during the entirety of the war.

I wish I could be surprised that war crimes like this were ignored during/after the the hostilities ended, not to mention that as part of an agreement signed by Japan in 1951, nobody in that country could sue over it being a war crime. But I'm not surprised.

100,000 civilians dead, simply for the crime of being citizens in a country at war. Save for the usual warmonger cries of "they should have stopped their government" or "destabilizing a population is part of war," there was little-to-no significant military reasons for the attack.

This article is from five years ago, but it tell you what you NEED to know.

MARCH 10, 1945: The Firebombing of Tokyo

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BEHIND THE SCENES: I had to do seven sketches to get the right look for the gynosplosion.
HAPPY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, WAR IN IRAQ!!!

GOOD NEWS!!!


Dick Cheney said today, "If you look back on those five years it has
been a difficult, challenging but nonetheless successful
endeavor ... and it has been well worth the effort,"


Two paragraphs down from that quote on the Reuters site?

"Shortly after Cheney spoke, a woman wearing a suicide vest blew herself up in a cafe in the southern holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, killing 25 people and wounding 50, police and health officials said. Bombs in Baghdad killed four and wounded 13."

Iraq Body Count web counter
Via [profile] mitdasein , one of the reasons I dislike our military.


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If you feel like discussing this in the comments, please avoid any and all "isolated incidents" remarks.

If our military is as organized as it is said to be, then shit like this SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

"Isolated incident" seems to be code for "shit, we got caught."

As always, blatantly insulting or douchebaggish comments will be frozen or deleted.

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Blackwater "Security" Company finally kicked-out of Iraq, by Iraq.
Compare articles, it's very interesting.

A few years and a few killings too late, don't you think?

Still, better now than never.

Also, shut up, Condoleeza. Just shut up. If you were serious about investigating them, you'd have done so years ago. You're probably just upset that the Iraqi government seems to have briefly grown a tiny pair of balls. Let's hope that after these fall off, the next ones will be bigger.
Dear General Petraeous,

I would like to politely submit the following fact.

WHEN YOU SAY "DRAWBACK OF TROOPS" WE KNOW THAT THIS MEANS "TROOP WITHDRAWAL."

CHANGING THE WORDS TO SOMETHING THAT MEANS THE SAME THING?
IT'S NOT FUCKING FOOLING US, JACKASS.


Respectfully,

Love,

benjamin sTone

PS -- You want ketchup with your goddamned words?

Possible new autobiography title:

TWELVE MILLION SURPLUS WOMEN

The source is this:



Which is one of my favorite paragraphs from this 1943 pamphlet:

You ever wonder if it's better to say that you support the soldiers, but not the war or the army? Or the army, but not the war and soldiers? What exactly are the exact semantics?

Watch this--and thank [profile] city_of_dis for bringing it up--and discuss. Stick with it for the completely superfluous moment at 1 min. 45 seconds. Now pretend that's your church. Your tiny little Methodist church. And that's what they're talking about. Your church. Or your house.




And don't give me any "these are isolated jackasses" comments. How many times do we need to hear that bullshit excuse? What are the odds that they needed to do that? What are the odds that we just HAPPENED to come across "isolated jackasses" in the sky and on the ground at the same time?

How many videos of this shit do we need to see?
How many videos of this shit do we NOT GET TO SEE?
My opposition to the war nothwithstanding, I'm proud as hell of my Cousin:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

This is to certify that

The Secretary of the Navy has awarded the

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL

TO

Corporal AARON A. HENEHAN

FOR

Meritorious achievement while serving as squad leader, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, from 4 March to 10 June 2006 in support of operation Iraqi Freedom. Corporal Henehan successfully led his squad on more than 80 combat missions in Husaybah , IRAQ . Through meticulous preparation and detailed mission planning, squad located and subsequently detained 18 insurgents wanted by coalition forces, significantly disrupting insurgent operations. His vast knowledge of the city and its inhabitants, his personal initiative in maintaining current information on tribal and family boundaries, and his intense preparation for every combat patrol were instrumental in the success of the platoon and company. Corporal Henehan’s initiative, perseverance, and total dedication to duty reflected credit upon him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.


Apparently the Navy/Marine version is handed out far less often than the Army, Air Force, and Joint Forces ones.

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I only have the 1971 version with me on my iPod, and not the 2000 update (which I prefer, in which his voice has mellowed and deepened), but the original works fine.

I was inspired to post it from something [livejournal.com profile] septicemic said about anti-war songs, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the like. I modified the original intent a bit, but here you go.

"Sam Stone" - John Prine

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