Mission Accomplished No. 3--Woohoo!

No. 1-On May 2, 2003 GWB says Mission Accomplished in Iraq* No. 2-On November 9, 2004 AG Ashcroft says mission accomplished to bring security to the world* No. 3-On November 14, 2004 Iraqi officials say mission accomplished in Falluja* *Fineprint...the above stories of accomplishment are virtual reality games being played by the White House and do not represent real events or real people either alive or dead. Hard to know what has really been going on in Falluja. This morning Salon.com reports two versions of the events. The official line is that the entire city has been occupied, that the insurgents have been subdued and driven out, that the combat has been intense and that Iraqi officials say the mission has been accomplished. But a US officer, speaking on the QT, says, Not so fast...Falluja was occupied but not subdued. One thing we know for sure, the George Bush White House version of any event, no matter how small, will contain a lie, will be a mixture of lies and truth or will be a wholly fabricated piece of fiction worthy of a guts and glory screenplay. But there is one fact that the BushMen cannot gloss over or fictionalize or throw rose petals on or cosmetize. The death count. Just during the attack on Falluja, 31 more US soldiers have been killed. And since the war began 1,231 US soldiers have been killed. Last Thursday, Veterans Day, there was a big to-do about ABC showing the war movie, “Saving Private Ryan”, starting at 8:oo in the evening...family viewing time. Children and parents are supposed to be protected from hearing cuss words during family viewing time. God forbid parents should have to answer questions like, If I fight in a war will I die? Will all soldiers go to hell for saying bad words? What are those men fighting for? Is war good? If I die fighting will I go to hell for saying bad words? If I fight can I say bad words? Do those men fight because they like it? Who made those men go to war? God forbid parents should have to sit and think about the effects of war for two hours. The people in the United States need to think soberly about 31 more young men dying in an unnecessary war. The children of the people in the United States need to think about soldiers dying and being maimed in George Bush's unnecessary war. Because it's today's children who will go to Iraq and finish the war and pay for the war until they die or go to Iraq and die in Iraq.