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To: energyplay who wrote (49157)	4/30/2004 3:48:52 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Puleeze, Let's call these dirty bastards by their real names. They are mercenaries and soldiers-of-fortune. Proudly, I was a "contractor" for 25 years. I worked with civil engineers. You do recall the joke, right? What's the difference between civil engineers and mechanical engineers? Civil engineers build targets. Mechanical engineers take 'em out. Calling the assholes that were scamming for $1,000/day in Iraq 'contractors' makes me feel like the language is being debased, while my pocket is being picked. These men were (and are) corporate whores and prostitutes. Eliminating them is the best possible thing that the human race can do. These dolts are vermin. I added to human happiness. I built useful structures. These turds that the media is calling "contractors" in Iraq today are destroyers. They are anathema to my vision of creation and commerce. These faggots of fascism are merchants of death. Thus, their best ending is to be wiped off the face of the Earth. Hopefully before the end of the First Act.

To: energyplay who wrote (49157)	4/30/2004 8:41:42 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

Yes the US or "coalition" "bodycount" doesn't include non-soldiers. And then there is the UN etc. Usually in the US you only hear the number of US soldiers. And we haven't started on Iraqi dead... All this means that the death rate in Iraq is way above Israel's invasion and occupation of Lebanon. Of course Iraq is bigger than Lebanon and the US bigger than Israel... Lebanon has always been my model for Iraq, since before the war got started. I see a double standard though... Fisk still seems to think that Israel is worse than the US instead of vice versa...