Reply #6: That's great, you stupid fucks.

[Kelly Rupert]

If you hadn't decided to blow the fuck out of everything within 50 yards of an American flag, perhaps we would not still have so violent an American military presence in Iraq. As it turns out, when you fucking shoot people, they shoot back harder. It doesn't matter who started it. It's still the same principle. It's a lesson our guys aren't learning, and it's a lesson y'all aren't learning.

Now, while there have been a few exceptions, violent armed resistance generally does not lead to peaceful societies with functioning democracies. The few exceptions, you might also notice, started as peaceful political-rights pressure campaigns that gradually escalated. They did not start with roadside bombs, AK-47 ambushes, and blown-up UN centers.

You are nothing but violent, homicidal, testosterone-driven fuckwits, willing to kill other people for the sake of a piece of rectangular cloth with some cheap dye on it. You are absolutely no better and no worse than the people you wish to expel. Naked violence is a counterproductive means of resistance no matter what the situation.

You are making your country worse. You are harming innocent civilians. You are harming Americans. You are harming yourselves.

You are not heroes, you're not big, you're not clever, and no matter how wrong the war is, and no matter how badly the United States needs to withdraw, you are part of the problem. Don't get me wrong, you aren't the *only* part of the problem. Now don't think I'm giving you a hard time, there are a dozen other groups--my government certainly included at the top of the list--that are also parts of the problem. But please, I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't mind not killing people.

Thank you for your time.