The Iran Trap
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/09/9501/
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The war in Iraq is pure murder
AlterNet
by Chris Hedges
06/06/08
Troops, when they battle insurgent forces, as in Iraq, or Gaza or Vietnam, are placed in ‘atrocity producing situations.’ Being surrounded by a hostile population makes simple acts, such as going to a store to buy a can of Coke, dangerous. The fear and stress push troops to view everyone around them as the enemy. The hostility is compounded when the enemy, as in Iraq, is elusive, shadowy and hard to find. The rage soldiers feel after a roadside bomb explodes, killing or maiming their comrades, is one that is easily directed, over time, to innocent civilians who are seen to support the insurgents...
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/87235/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=innocent+civilians
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Hedges
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The war in Iraq is pure murder
AlterNet
by Chris Hedges
06/06/08
Troops, when they battle insurgent forces, as in Iraq, or Gaza or Vietnam, are placed in ‘atrocity producing situations.’ Being surrounded by a hostile population makes simple acts, such as going to a store to buy a can of Coke, dangerous. The fear and stress push troops to view everyone around them as the enemy. The hostility is compounded when the enemy, as in Iraq, is elusive, shadowy and hard to find. The rage soldiers feel after a roadside bomb explodes, killing or maiming their comrades, is one that is easily directed, over time, to innocent civilians who are seen to support the insurgents...
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/87235/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=innocent+civilians
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Chris+Hedges
rudkla - 9. Jun, 22:13
