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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (85875)	10/16/2007 6:44:38 PM
From: Jane4IceCream	Respond to of 93284

LOL!!! Just look for a group of single wides in the shape of a circle with a firepit in the middle and a portable toilet in the back. All have rusty roofs! Jane

To: longnshort who wrote (85875)	10/16/2007 7:34:14 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Dumbyasshole's F-ed Up Iraq unravels further : Oil Rises to Record on Concern Turkey May Attack Northern Iraq By Grant Smith Enlarge Image/Details Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a record near $88 a barrel on concern Turkey may attack Kurdish militants in Iraq and disrupt oil shipments. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expects the country's parliament will tomorrow approve a possible military incursion into Iraq, holder of the world's third- largest reserves.

To: longnshort who wrote (85875)	10/16/2007 7:37:58 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

Blown Away: The Myth and Reality of Precision Bombing in Afghanistan by Marc Herold (Author) Book Description Marc Herold became famous by pointing out that for every Taliban killed, we killed 200 civilians. In these 40 case studies of that conflict which total more than 5,000 civilian dead, Herold destroys the myth that bombs fall principally on military targets. Each case begins with a Pentagon claim to have averted casualties, followed by a tally of civilian dead. In each instance, Herold shows that the Pentagon missed telling the truth by miles. Herold created his count by meticulously combing through news reports coming from on the ground, mostly from Pakistani and British sources-sources from our allies in the war that the U.S. media refused to touch. Includes the stunning analysis of one U.S. bombing raid, "Crashing the Wedding Party."

To: longnshort who wrote (85875)	10/16/2007 7:41:24 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

February 08, 2003 ------------ The Pentagon recently revealed its plan for the first day of the inevitable saturation bombing of Iraq...Baghdad, in particular. On "Air Strikes Day" (or "A Day") the US and Britain will launch 300 to 400 cruise missiles into Iraq. "That's more missiles than were launched during the entire 40-day Persian Gulf was of 1991," says James Ridgeway in the Village Voice. The following day, another 400 missiles will be launched. "The sheer size of this has never been contemplated before," one Pentagon strategist told CBS News. "There will not be a safe place in Baghdad." ---- So much for "precision bombing"!

To: longnshort who wrote (85875)	10/16/2007 7:44:12 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

providence.edu The Surgical Precision Myth: After the Bomb Explodes -- (CCDP) Cumulative Collateral Damage Probability by Peter Spang Goodrich Version 11 June 2003 "Our military capabilities are so devastating and precise that we can destroy an Iraqi tank under a bridge without damaging the bridge."1 Donald Rumsfeld, United States Secretary of Defense The U. S. military often describes modern aerial bombardment as surgical using smart Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs). The media unquestioningly accepts these dubious metaphors. Too often, the press pack repeats these misleading and inaccurate descriptions of modern bombing. Thus, civilian deaths and injuries, euphemistically referred to as "collateral damage," are trivialized. Military apologists try to explain any rarely admitted civilian deaths as mistakes. At other times, dumb bombs are blamed for the inaccuracy. This paper is not concerned with mistakes or errors, nor with "dumb" unguided bombs, only with perfectly delivered precision guided munitions (PGMs). Even in this no mistakes case, PGMs cut a wide swath of blast, heat, and fragmentation, gouge huge craters, and wreak widespread havoc and destruction. The surgical precision myth claimed by the Department of Defense implodes after the bomb explodes. As one hears numbers suggesting that new smart bombs cause less collateral damage than old dumb ones, remember that all bombs explode hurling shrapnel, heat, and blast well beyond the small circle in which they are intended to land. The only difference is that the intended target circle is smaller for guided ordnance. The military prefers guided bombs because fewer bombs and sorties are required to hit the target. Guided bombs are only conventional bombs with guidance systems attached. Both smart and dumb bombs explode precisely the same way.