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Monday, March 24, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:49 AM:
On the war:9 Marines Killed in Faked Surrender
We knew this would happen sooner or later. A horrible thing, a violation of war rules, and an assurance that things will go much worse for their brothers in arms from now on. Also, one more reminder to the UN and all the lovelies out there that this is not about a lack of understanding. Our troops tried to show goodwill and spare the lives of Iraqi soldiers, never mind civilians. Not likely to happen again.
Russian Dealers Supplying Iraq
Electronic jamming equipment could throw U.S. planes, bombs off course
We're going to change this to
Russians threaten Iraqi civilians!
since this is the practical implication. The U.S. has done its damnedest to make sure that innocent civilians aren't hurt if we can avoid it in any way. This is difficult since Saddam purposely put military targets in civilian neighborhoods, valuing PR above his citizens' lives. Now, Russia is engaged in trying to send US weapons astray, potentially redirecting weapons away from military targets and into Iraqi homes. If an Iraqi installation is missed but a hospital or some such thing gets blown up, we'll all know why.And if Vladimir Putin really is a Christian, he's setting himself up for one hot eternity.
There's also bad news about POWs, etc., as to be expected in war, but the top headline at Fox remains:
TROOPS ADVANCE ON 'DAY OF RESISTANCE'
And so they will until the Iraqi people are free.
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