A look in the mirror for America

The Boston Globe ^ | July 8, 2005 | Derrick Z. Jackson

[ConservativeStatement]

Yet every invoking of the innocents also reminds us of our despicable, cowardly killing of innocent Iraqi civilians.

Or perhaps you forgot about them. That was by design. We have rightfully mourned the loss of nearly 3,000 people on 9/11. We have begun mourning the loss of about 40 people in London. We have mourned the loss of 1,751 US soldiers, who, bless them, were following orders of their commander in chief. But to this day, there has been no major acknowledgement, let alone apology, by Bush or Blair for the massive amounts of carnage we created in a war waged over what turned out to be a lie, the nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.

[ConservativeStatement]

What a perverted article!

A local talk show host, Jay Severin, said the middle initial "Z" stands for "ZooooooooooStupid."

[Darkwolf]

our despicable, cowardly killing of innocent Iraqi civilians.

"Our"?

FINALLY! A liberal ADMITS he's siding with the terrorists!

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Will no one rid us of this meddlesome op-ed columnist?

[Little Pig]

I challenge Derrick to provide one example of US Soldiers deliberately targeting and killing innocent civilians in Iraq.

[NHResident]

I don't know why anyone should be upset - Derrick is just another typical mASShole being a mASShole! It happens all the time, every day. They just can't help themselves - Kennedy, Frank, Mehan, and on and on. The mighty populace of mASSachusetts displays their self-proclaimed intellectual and moral supeperiority to the rest of America and the world.

Once again proving that liberalism is a mental disease.

[Awestruck]

It's apparently ok for Saddam or any other dictator to kill millions of innocents though...

[GOPJ]

Does this idiot also wax poetically about those killed in WWII trying to save millions of people from living under Hitler? Or is this just one more liberal attempt to put down Bush and the War.

My question to Jay is, did he ever care about the hundreds of thousands Saddam put to death? Did he care about the women raped as policy? Or is his only concern for those people for who hate America?

[Argus]

This is exactly how I expected our homegrown quislings and traitors to react. Right on schedule.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Thanks for the reminder. I read a sentence and realized why I canceled my Globe subscription.

[Darkwolf]

The mighty populace of mASSachusetts

Well, THIS Massachusetts resident has to wonder where someone from the state that rescued Bill Clinton when he was collapsing in the primaries, as well as David Souter, gets off calling US names. ;)

[seeingthroughtheblur]

What a BUNCH of BS!!!
What an insensitive b*****d!!!

Karma will get him back

[Misterioso]

Will no one rid us of this meddlesome op-ed columnist?

One way to do this would be to ignore him and not post his column.

[Mears]

And of course he just had to put a slavery or racial reference into his article.He always does.

He is a complete ass.

[concerned about politics]

our despicable, cowardly killing of innocent Iraqi civilians.

He thinks the Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian Jihadists are innocent.
Thank God he's not in charge. Whew!

What a dolt.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yes, innocent civilians have been killed as collateral damage in the liberation of Iraq, but that is far removed from the premeditated, deliberate killing of innocent civilians perpetrated by Islamofascist cowards.

[IonInsights]

What can be done about this person?

[Richard Axtell]

This man should wear a sign, sprouting out of the top of his backwards baseball cap, that reads "IDIOT" on one side, and "TRAITOR" on the other, as he is quite confused and so knows not who he is. The sign would save us time and effort in ignoring him. As soon as it was clear that this man has wholly swallowed the fraudulent statistic of 100,000+ civilian deaths in Iraq, his brain died, but his naked agenda sprung out into public view.

[easonc52]

Yes, innocent civilians have been killed as collateral damage in the liberation of Iraq, but that is far removed from the premeditated, deliberate killing of innocent civilians perpetrated by Islamofascist cowards.

Yes, I do believe some of our sodiers have died trying to make sure innocent Iraqi citizens didn't get hurt, much less killed.

[cdrw]

I think several million people with purple fingers in Iraq understand perfectly well why the invasion needed to take place.

This was probably the most carefully executed campaign in history with respect to avoiding civilian casualties. Freeing entire societies from the grips of murderous dictators requires FORCE. Those who rule by force can be taken out ONLY BY FORCE.

In any event I would be amazed if "W" has not, in fact, expressed regret for any loss of civilian life and pledged to avoid it wherever possible.

Peace at all costs is a formula for oppression and global domination by tyrants.

[ConservativeStatement]

More so, it is the publication. They have fabricated stories in the past.