Killing For Fun; Military Madness

[unhappycamper]

Killing For Fun; Military Madness
by Tom Turnipseed
Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by CommonDreams.org

Successful professionals enjoy their work. The Obama administration has picked a successful and happy warrior in Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis to head the US Central Command. The command includes all US forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, the entire Middle East and Central Asia. Mattis has gloated that it is "fun to shoot some people" and "have a plan to kill everybody you meet".

Killing is the key to success in military actions. Killing enough insurgents by invading and occupying US forces enables the winners to subdue and subjugate the survivors. The real winners in the Middle East are the US based corporations who seek to exploit the resources of energy and mineral rich countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran. Also the corporate war profiteers of the defense industry are making out like bandits. They furnish the killing tools, the hired mercenaries and other wasteful and expensive materials, equipment and supplies for our never-ending wars-on-terror.

Mattis has a strong resume in the military killing business. He was a lieutenant colonel in the US invasion of Iraq in 1991, directed the Marines in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, headed the US assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004 and helped design the siege that destroyed the city and killed thousands of Iraqi civilians. Mattis also commanded the initial troops that went into Afghanistan in 2001.

Describing his feelings about the people in Afghanistan, General Mattis said, "... It's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."

Author Thomas Ricks wrote that Mattis told his troops to, "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

[Blue Owl]

1. then there's McChrystal

who is proud of the "amazing" number of humans that have been killed via optional wars.

And we're throwing how many billions of dollars per week into THIS?

FUBAR

[patrice]

2. "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" sounds like Jobs r U.S. to

me.

[Octafish]

3. Wall Street (owners of the Military Industrial Complex) just luv this guy.

Ask any Capitalist you happen to see: There's nothing like a happy employee.



Return of the Fallen.