CNN: 16 GIs Dead In Iraq Today

[Harlan James]

I guess now we know why The Leader saved this for after the election.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/

[kostya]

1. That's Dear Leader to you! (groan)

[kcwayne]

2. Praise Jesus. Pass the Ammo

[cali]

3. Tragic.

How many civilians?

[Wat_Tyler]

4. But this is only a Minor Operation, right?

I mean, it can't be a Major Operation, can it? 'cause they finished, right? Like, a year and a half ago. So those soldiers must've all committed suicide or something. That must be it.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

21. Those heathen didn't vote for *

So, they had it coming.

The dead American soliders?

We're referring to them as "successful participants in a catastrophic success."

(You know, I've decided that this whole fucking "administration" needs to be drawn and quartered, if only for what they're trying to do to my beloved mother tongue.)

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

37. They all shot themselves 50 times in the back

from 300 feet away.

[alittlelark]

5. I'm really feeling sick...

I need to go meditate or something.

[samtob]

13. I'm with you ....

Constant state of nausea these days.

[0007]

48. .....I'm tied up in knots.

Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out...and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel. ..And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man"--with his mouth. Mark Twain

[dennis4868]

6. but but but.....

the TV told me for months that Bush does not listen to public opinion polls and leads our country without regard to the political environment....if he waited until after the election to go into Falluja then that goes against what the TV told me night after night...are you saying the TV was wrong?

[Catfight]

7. Everything is going according to plan. What's it that bush always says:

More violence and uprising means we're winning?

This will all be over soon, please insert heads into sand.

[Dhalgren]

8. God loves dead G.I.s almost as much

as He loves dead Iraqis. Does Jesus actually drink their blood, or just wallow in it?

[sir_arms_50]

9. ......

:-(

[Dhalgren]

17. Hey, the Bush Gang

and those who support them are the ones who say they are fighting for Jesus. I just wanted some clarification...

[RamboLiberal]

10. Bet no plastic turkey flying in to Baghdad on AF1 this year

Going to be a damn sad holiday season for a lot of families this year. And I include Iraqis who should still be celebrating Ramadan at this time.

[dbt]

11. Burn in HELL, CNN!

You helped the Worthless Little Fuck get his war on. You were all suffering from slippery-seat at the anchor desks while MARCH TO WAR splashed across our thoughtscreens in letters twelve feet tall.

You never once said "Wait. Where's the proof?" You wanted this war as much as bu$h did! The blood of those 16 GIs (and 1133) more is on your soft white hands.

BURN, MOTHERFUCKERS.

:argh:
dbt

[byronm]

27. We will never know

How many are truely killed, how many are casualties of the war and how many people won't be able to face civilian life again because of living and fighting on the edge.

These same adrenaline warriors will come home and not know what to do with there built up anger towards fellow humans.

Look forward to more of the same - spouse abuse, suicides, rampages, anger fits, depression and all the other symptons of war.

God bless 'em all. I just want the soldiers home.

[Flagg]

12. But gays still can't marry each other right ?

[alittlelark]

16. YES!!! Gays can't marry ... Amen!! Glory Be!!!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

19. We ARE safer, admit it

If gays were getting married, and our troops weren't murdering innocent Iraqis (and getting murdered in return), what the HELL kind of world would THAT be?

Not a world I want for my children, believe me.

No bloodshed?

No maiming?

No imperialistic warmongering?

Gays being treated like :::: gasp :::: human beings with RIGHTS LIKE MINE?

Thank Sweet Jesus, Our Lord, Savior, and Personal Best Friend/Ballboy/Baggage Handler that we're delivered from any of that nonsense.

[theHandpuppet]

43. Oh, c'mon...

Jesus is too busy helping baseball pitchers and football quarterbacks to worry his beautiful mind with things like war in Iraq and genocide in the Sudan. Since gays are shunned by both the military and professional sports, Extreme Jesus says they gotta go.

PLAY BALL!

[sonicx]

44. maybe, but Jesus picks the Grammy and Oscar winners too...

or so they say...

[sonicx]

31. Thank God! How would I get through my day!?

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

39. And there's that cap on malpractice suits

THAT's what our boys are fighting for, dag nabbit.

[LibertyorDeath]

14. Was this one of them

[dbt]

28. That is the single scariest pic on DU today!

We are SO fucked.

:freak:
dbt

[74dodgedart]

35. I am opposed to Iraq, but be careful not to judge the troops

For the most part, they are just young kids following orders.

You drop kids into a life or death situation with orders to kill and they become monsters just to survive, that's part of the tragedy.

[leftchick]

42. I am Catholic and find that display abhorrent...

Jesus was about peace and forgiveness not bloody crusades.

[74dodgedart]

46. I agree.

I agree. It's an ugly thing..But 20 something year old kids faced with war aren't always rational.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just pointing out that they have a much different perspective.

[LibertyorDeath]

45. There are more than 100 Thousand Dead Iraqi Civilians

(low Estimate) Men Women & Children.

They did not kill themselves.

Take your "but be careful not to judge the troops" sentiments

to the Surviving relatives of these people look them in the eyes and tell them "but be careful not to judge the troops" enough of this Fucking Bullshit.

[74dodgedart]

49. My point is..

War is an ugly, vile thing and Iraq is a disater that will haunt us for years.

But, these are 20-something year old kids, many of them come out of the lower tiers of our society, and most of them probably don't want to be there.

They didn't decide to go there, they were ordered to go, and now they are in a life and death situation.

I've never been to war and I've never been put in a him-or-me situation, so I try to be careful before I throw the self-rightous
BS around.

[llmart]

15. Praise Jeezus!

They are goin' to the Promised Land! Halle-fucking-luyah!

Who cares about 16 MORE dead GI's when we have more important things to concern ourselves with such as guns, God and gays?

I'm soooo sick of this shit I can't even think straight any more. What the hell is wrong with the citizens in this country?

I'm going to go get a stiff drink now.

[alittlelark]

18. It's too early for me to drink, but I wish I had some

kind of vallium or whatever... I'm sick of this feeling

[catmandu57]

20. Better get used to this

these will be headlines for a while. Meanwhile the chimp* snarlin dick* and co. will sleep like babies.

[deadparrot]

22. I admit, when I signed on and saw this

on the front page of Netscape, I yelled, "Oh, FUCK." in front of my fourteen year old brother and his friends.

So very sad. I pray for all their loved ones. May they rest in peace.

[Ilsa]

23. Well, if this what to expect after the election,

I wonder what they've got planned for after the inauguration? Bet it's something big.

[durablend]

38. So that's why oil / gas prices have been dropping lately...

DIVERSIONARY TACTIC

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. Guess Bush was right to wait to do this til after the election

Saved his ass...killed an ENRON DOZEN troops

[Flagg]

25. But millionaires will still get tax cuts right ?

[Az_lefty]

26. That's right...

and Corporations doing business with terrorist country's now get a greatly reduced fine.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. GOOOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!!!

Yuk. It's deja-vu all over again. Back in those days, on the evening news they'd list the names of the soldiers killed that day. During the worst of it, two or three hundred would be killed every week. Is it coming to that? And in 20 years will there be another big black Wall for them in D.C.? At least then, for all the criticism of the war, the government acknowledged that people died, and allowed the coffins to be photographed. This could be even worse than Vietnam.

[sonicx]

30. freedom is on the march?

:cry:

[killbotfactory]

32. Eventually the Iraqi people will get tired of the killing

and settle down.

According to Rumsfeld.

Logic! It's fantastic!

These guys are driving us over a fucking cliff.

[chiburb]

33. Did anyone read the story? NOT 16 "today"...

On edit, snip added:
A total of 16 Americans have been killed in the past two days across Iraq - including three killed in Fallujah combat on Tuesday, two killed by mortars near the northern city of Mosul and 11 others who died Monday, most of them as guerrillas launched a wave of attacks in Baghdad and southwest of Fallujah.

The 11 deaths were the highest one-day U.S. toll in more than six months.





I don't mean to pick nits here, and I'm in total agreement with most of the posts here. That said:

The actual headline does NOT say 'today'. The story says 11 killed yesterday. Can't we try to keep LBN a place for sharing NEWS? I mean, the OP would be fine for GD... but shouldn't LBN stay "accurate"?

[sonicx]

36. this AP article was written today...

also, if the poster wrote the wrong headline, they should correct it, i guess...

edit: btw, AP changes their headlines alot. that may be the problem.

[Nordic]

34. they are martyrs of the Christian Taliban of America

:eyes:

[leftchick]

40. I feel safer now...

and they died for my freedoms in aWol*s crusade. What a great country.

[Neecy]

41. But hey! John Kerry wants to run again!

You know, the one who voted to authorize this debacle, the one who said he still would have voted that way even if he knew at the time there were no WMD's...the one who didn't ask for a recount in ONE FUCKING STATE even though his campaign had picked our pockets to finance any post-election legalities.

Enjoy the next four years of carnage, Senator.

[physioex]

47. Hind sight is so 20/20....

Thanks for the info..../sarcasm

[Moderator]

50. Inaccurate headline

That is NOT what the article says, nor is it the actual headline. It is actually a duplication of other Fallujah stories already in LBN.