tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post4028378348059544684..comments2023-10-31T09:14:26.930-05:00Comments on Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues: A Green Zone Of Hotels And Amusement Parks: Six Plagues Over BaghdadManifesto Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-11054273649876461802008-05-11T15:02:00.000-05:002008-05-11T15:02:00.000-05:00Hi Tanker, are you aware of the group Iraq Veteran...Hi Tanker, are you aware of the group <A HREF="http://ivaw.org" REL="nofollow">Iraq Veterans Against the War</A>? This group has over 1,000 members (and it's only one of several veterans' groups opposed to the Iraq War).<BR/>I'd like your opinion on something: why do you suppose these guys are against the war?Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-29426863270103337922008-05-11T14:28:00.000-05:002008-05-11T14:28:00.000-05:00Tanker, I appreciate the fact that you are there, ...Tanker, I appreciate the fact that you are there, seeing it from your own perspective.<BR/><BR/>But, my wife has seen what can happen to one given person who has spent a year in the Green Zone. Her cousin may not be representative, but we got the definite impression it's not a nice place to visit.<BR/><BR/>As for the frequency of attacks, well, we hear varied accounts over here. Here's a link that offers not only stats, but also what appear to be firsthand reports:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://gdaeman.blogspot.com/2007/05/green-zone-attack-statistics.html" REL="nofollow">Click here.</A>Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-90316369736751183322008-05-11T04:12:00.000-05:002008-05-11T04:12:00.000-05:00First off i have to say interesting stuff, some po...First off i have to say interesting stuff, some points i have to agree with you on, and some points i just have to call you out on. i do agree, US Embassy and wasting all that money, not so smart, hell, save the money and buy me a house. as for the skate park around the Baghdad Zoo? Well i have to laugh because i just cant see that happening. In fact i know it would be a damn stupid thing because i drive by that place everyday and you know what? The neighborhood just isnt friendly enough for it quite yet. But dont get me wrong quite a few of them actually are pretty friendly, i know, my area of operations is just across the street. So yes i believe you have some very valid points there. But as for the invalid and the nonsensical, dont want to be a dick but, your wife's cousin has PTSD thousand yard stare from mortar and rocket attacks on the green zone? Those things rarely land anywhere you can see 'em. I've had one land 7 meters from my humvee first day out and i just cant see that having that effect. And the hotels and shops in the Green Zone? Well if you could see it, you'd understand why it's indeed very plausable: the place is huge, i've been there quite a few times, and there are some hotels already there, and not just little rinky dinky buildings, im talken about full sized babies, ones you'd see back in the states. And the shops? Please oh please god let them open any store over here i would literally kiss every employee in Wal-Mart if they opened one here. No ones realizes the grip that AAFES (the military equivalent of K-Mart) has on people pocket books over here. Good Luck finding anything you need there. But, hope you take my opinion at face value, good article though, i will read more of yours.Tankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020940832141837889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-3578418824655852992008-05-06T16:22:00.000-05:002008-05-06T16:22:00.000-05:00Hi, Marc: I think the doctor uses "we" in the old-...Hi, Marc: I think the doctor uses "we" in the old-fashioned editorial sense. It doesn't mean that "we" the opposition are directly complicit. But I think you probably know about that old convention, as your bio shows a newspaper background.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-82786194690917932922008-05-06T12:27:00.000-05:002008-05-06T12:27:00.000-05:00"We" is an interesting pronoun. I find myself usin..."We" is an interesting pronoun. I find myself using it from time to time, just out of habit, in describing the actions of the Bush Crime Family, including this fiasco of a war in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>But frankly, this was never really about "we," the American people. It's about Dick Cheney's billionaire buddies on the board at Halliburton. It's about Bush and his daddy's rich friends. It's about the chickenhawks and liars at the Project for the New American Century. It's about the profiteering corporations that have made out like bandits with various fat war-related contracts.<BR/><BR/>But it's really not about "we" the American people. Sure, the Rush Limbaugh crowd may believe that's the case. But they're deluded, as always.Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502695489360674806.post-22591745614859349722008-05-06T02:28:00.000-05:002008-05-06T02:28:00.000-05:00They ain't kidding nobody any more. We ain't ever ...They ain't kidding nobody any more. We ain't ever fucking leaving.dr sardonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198551434246302063noreply@blogger.com