wtf? Amid Iraq Chaos US Troops Conduct "Operation Band of Brothers"

[leftchick]

Bring them home....



US soldiers from Able Company 1-506 Infantry 101st Airborne Division kick down a door in order to search through a house as part of operation "Band of Brothers," launched in the restive city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad.(AFP/David Furst)

[blm]

1. This is how Rove manipulates google searches. He's pulled that tactic on

other issues and other phrases that he needs to keep downplayed.

[LostinVA]

2. That's a disgusting misuse of that phrase

Whether we're talking "Henry V" or WWII...

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Just in case, amid all the rest of the violence,

the Iraqi people forgot that they were an occupied nation with a foreign army beating down their doors and killing them without hesitation, we bring you Operation Band of Brothers.

I am so ashamed for what we have done.

[madokie]

5. and continue to do.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Band of Mobsters would be more accurate.

[Solly Mack]

6. "Band of Brothers", the special, was a hit and it resonated well

with a good many people - the whole greatest generation - fighting against a world threat (blah blah blah) message, so it conjures up patriotic images of country, flag and unity....

so it's manipulation by word/phrase association. You hear "band of brothers" and you think ww2, greatest generation, unity, country, flag, victory....

unless you're one of the few who read the fine print, that is...

[leftchick]

7. one of the very few

:(

[Solly Mack]

8. I don't know what the future holds but I do believe this

You're raising a son that can also read the fine print - and if there is to be any kind of real future, the more sons and daughters able to read the fine print, the better.

[leftchick]

9. actually two sons

thank you Solly. That means a lot to me after just thinking this morning how wise it was to bring them into this world. I needed to hear that. :hug: