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February 28, 2008

And at that Time Bequeath You My Diseases

I think Atrios and I agree that Kyra Phillips wanting to determine that the Armless Boy of Baghdad appreciated "Operation Iraqi Freedom and the meaning" was the paradigmatic depravity of the Days of Shock and Awe.

Posted by Jim Henley @ 8:54 pm, Filed under: Main

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9 Responses to “And at that Time Bequeath You My Diseases”

  1. Comment by Derek Copold —
    February 28, 2008 @ 9:05 pm

    That’s a pretty bad one.

    The thing that stood out for me was the time we tried to get Saddam Hussein in a restaurant. He had left, but fourteen unfortunate diners hadn’t and died. The fact was noted almost as an asterisk.

  2. Comment by Avram —
    February 28, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

    Remember that conversation in Hell between Remiel and one of the damned, at the end of the “Season of Mist” storyline in Sandman?

    “There will be no more wanton violence; no further suffering, inflicted without reason or explanation. We will hurt you. And we are not sorry. But we do not do it to punish you. We do it to redeem you. Because afterward, you’ll be a better person…And because we love you. One day you’ll thank us for it.”

    “But you don’t understand…that makes it worse. That makes it so much worse…”

  3. Comment by Jennifer —
    February 28, 2008 @ 10:23 pm

    I cannot wrap my mind around such callousness.

  4. Comment by bad Jim —
    February 28, 2008 @ 11:50 pm

    Bush was about as bad. I seem to recall reading that he was insistent upon finding a new leader for Iraq who would thank us for invading.

  5. Comment by Mona —
    February 29, 2008 @ 1:12 am

    Can you even imagine what that doctor must have been thinking about our dear Kyra?

  6. Comment by IOZ —
    February 29, 2008 @ 10:34 am

    This hurts me more than it hurts you.

  7. Comment by Dave W. —
    February 29, 2008 @ 10:34 am

    I remember that boy being the start of it being clear that there would be no real PICTURES or VIDEO from The Iraq War. It moved me perceptibly closer to vacating the US. I couldn’t believe that the media was going along with the no pictures thing. Actually, they still are (present company and The Agitator excluded), and it is still sick.

  8. Comment by joe —
    February 29, 2008 @ 11:48 am

    My thoughts exactly, Mona. That gentleman has a great deal more self-control than I.

  9. Comment by Jon H —
    February 29, 2008 @ 7:37 pm

    ” I couldn’t believe that the media was going along with the no pictures thing. Actually, they still are ”

    Unless a wounded kid was hurt by someone other than the US, as in the case of the boy who was badly burned by strangers/insurgents/Al Qaeda/psychopaths. CNN brought him over for plastic surgery. Which is nice and all, but I’m guessing there are plenty of kids who could use help over there, many of whom have injuries that we are responsible for.

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