news.cogeco.ca
2006-11-02 10:00:20 UTC
Man this is a great joke...... Wait for the punchline.
"Three U.S. armed vehicles, eight soldiers in each, are driving through a
village, passing candy out to kids," he began. "Suddenly the first vehicle
explodes, and there are soldiers screaming. Sixteen soldiers come out of the
other vehicles, and they do what they're told to do, which is look for
running people."
"Never mind that the bomb was detonated by remote control," Hersh continued.
"[The soldiers] open up fire; [the] cameras show it was a soccer game."
"About ten minutes later, [the soldiers] begin dragging bodies together, and
they drop weapons there. It was reported as 20 or 30 insurgents killed that
day," he said.
If Americans knew the full extent of U.S. criminal conduct, they would
receive returning Iraqi veterans as they did Vietnam veterans, Hersh said.
"In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers,
in shame and humiliation," he said. "It isn't happening now, but I will tell
you - there has never been an [American] army as violent and murderous as
our army has been in Iraq."
"Three U.S. armed vehicles, eight soldiers in each, are driving through a
village, passing candy out to kids," he began. "Suddenly the first vehicle
explodes, and there are soldiers screaming. Sixteen soldiers come out of the
other vehicles, and they do what they're told to do, which is look for
running people."
"Never mind that the bomb was detonated by remote control," Hersh continued.
"[The soldiers] open up fire; [the] cameras show it was a soccer game."
"About ten minutes later, [the soldiers] begin dragging bodies together, and
they drop weapons there. It was reported as 20 or 30 insurgents killed that
day," he said.
If Americans knew the full extent of U.S. criminal conduct, they would
receive returning Iraqi veterans as they did Vietnam veterans, Hersh said.
"In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers,
in shame and humiliation," he said. "It isn't happening now, but I will tell
you - there has never been an [American] army as violent and murderous as
our army has been in Iraq."