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

To: one_less who wrote (91737)	5/5/2008 2:44:07 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Perhaps you forgot how widespread and indiscriminate the attack on Baghdad was. You should re-read some of the contemporary accounts. smh.com.au The US intends to shatter Iraq "physically, emotionally and psychologically" by raining down on its people as many as 800 cruise missiles in two days. The Pentagon battle plan aims not only to crush Iraqi troops, but also wipe out power and water supplies in the capital, Baghdad. It is based on a strategy known as "Shock and Awe", conceived at the National Defense University in Washington, in which between 300 and 400 cruise missiles would fall on Iraq each day for two consecutive days. It would be more than twice the number of missiles launched during the entire 40 days of the 1991 GulfWar. ... The main objective was not just to disable Iraq's fighting capacity but to leave the population dispirited and unwilling to support Saddam's regime. "You're sitting in Baghdad and, all of a sudden, you're the general and 30 of your division headquarters have been wiped out," Mr Ullman said. "You also take the city down. By that I mean you get rid of their power and water. In two, three, four, five days they are physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted." The real attack was even messier than the plans. TP

To: one_less who wrote (91737)	5/5/2008 8:41:01 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 93284

I can see how Shock and awe would apply if you can convince me the targets were innocent third party bystanders, which you've not done so far. It doesn't matter to a dead civilian whether he/she was specifically targeted or was blown away in an indiscriminate or careless manner. You Dumbyassholes cared so little that one of the Dumbyasshole yes-men even said that they "don't do body counts". The terrorists don't care whom they kill, and you Dumbyassholes don't care how many you kill. Don't tell me that it somehow makes you morally superior to them. Both are equally despicable.