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Right after word came that US casualties in Iraq had broken the 1,000 mark, came this announcement from Reich Minister for Fatherland Security, Herr Ridge.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Ridge%20Terrorism

So, we've lost a thousand troops.. LOOK! Terrorists! Under the bed! Run!

Tom Ridge has become the Bureaucrat who Cried Wolf. Whenever the current administration needs to distract the media, Ridge comes out with yet another ominous, vague warning about terrorism.

The sad thing is that this is beoming so predictable that I saw about ten people comment that they expected a terrorism warning the moment they heard about the casualty count.

I can't wait until November.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 11:21 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dandelion-diva.livejournal.com
I can't wait until November.

Me, I can't wait till October, when they "find" Osama bin Laden.

Gessi

Date: 8 Sep 2004 11:41 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eleri.livejournal.com
I am Not A Conspiracy Theorist, but I'm pretty damn sure they've got him sitting somewhere intil it's politically useful.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 15:09 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kengr
That'd be *way* too risky. *Someone* would talk. And if they did, Bush would be *toast*.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 20:04 (UTC)

Date: 8 Sep 2004 11:32 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com
a complete shock

Date: 8 Sep 2004 17:24 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isomeme.livejournal.com
Remember the scene toward the end of 1984 where Winston predicts the "surprise" news broadcast about a military triumph in detail, then shows no particular surprise when that broadcast starts a few minutes later?

I never thought I'd know how he felt.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 20:03 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angeleyes8410.livejournal.com
Wow, I hadn't thought about that. Great point! I can't wait for the bastard (translate to a whole bunch of cuss words) to get his ass kicked out of office and his body burned in effigy.

Date: 8 Sep 2004 20:02 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angeleyes8410.livejournal.com
Today in Political Science right after our teacher announced that a girls' cell phone went off telling her her brother was MIA. It was the saddest thing in the world.

P.S. Isn't it funny that US troops are still dying after the war is over and after we have passed over sovereignty to the Iraqis?

Date: 14 Sep 2004 03:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dekarch.livejournal.com
Isn't it funny how most soldiers die in times of theoretical "peace".

And most of the time no one gives a damn. Doesn't serve their political purposes. My first memorial services were not in Iraq, but they were the first ones where the soldier in question got mentioned in the various national newspapers.

The fighting in Iraq is not about sovreignty. The fighting is about people who wish to install theocracies, be they Shia or Wahabbi or whathaveyou, and the refusal of the United States and the majority of the Iraqi people (quick quiz: How many Iraqis are under arms in US-supported military, law enforcement, and civil defense organizations? Hint: As of a year ago it broke 100,000) to permit such barbarism.

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