Monday, September 08, 2008

While We Play Fantasy Football ...

An Afghan woman and her daughter mourn the death of the child's father after an August 2008 air strike in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan.

There is no fog of war at 20,000 ft. above Afghanistan. For nearly three years, as U.S. warplanes and drones hit targets spread across the country's corrugated, dun-colored mountains and green poppy-growing valleys, every mission detailed by the Air Force in its daily "airpower summary" has been deemed a success. In July, B-1 bombers began striking Afghan targets with 500-lb. bombs guided to their prey by a new targeting pod slung under the plane's belly. Known as the Sniper, the pod sends long-range, high-resolution video--it can tell whether an Afghan on the ground is armed--right into the cockpit. Such weapons systems allow the U.S. military to rain steel on the Taliban from on high, even when troops aren't in the area. The Pentagon doesn't release statistics of the insurgents killed, but the military regards air strikes as the smart strategy in Afghanistan.

On the ground, the picture is much less clear; for all their precision, American bombs sometimes take out the "wrong targets". As U.S. air strikes doubled from 2006 to 2007, the number of accidental civilian deaths [acknowledged by the military] soared, from 116 to 321, according to Marc Garlasco, a former Pentagon targeting chief who tabulates civilian casualties for Human Rights Watch (HRW), an independent research group. By his count, the death toll among civilians so far this year is approaching 200.

Strange. The US Military is starting to behave in Afghanistan and in Iraq exactly like the Israeli Military in Gaza and the West Bank.

Why not? They are controlled by the same people.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

…and while Ciara is wins the “Baddest Bitch on the Planet” Award for ‘stooping/bending’ slow low

…and while Lil Wayne is deemed a ‘great poet’ for…hey I’m still questioning that one

…and of course, while Serena Williams wins the US Open and is noted as the Blackest Woman on the Planet…

…and while Denmark takes to time to blog about it all…

...and while Souky takes the time to read about it...:-)

Denmark Vesey said...

Souky said...
…and while Ciara is wins the “Baddest Bitch on the Planet” Award for ‘stooping/bending’ slow low

um um.

Ciara wins it because if you "stooped/bent slow low" - it wouldn't be quite the same.

"and while Lil Wayne is deemed a ‘great poet’ for…hey I’m still questioning that one"

I'll help you with the answer:
1) write a poem.
2) read it.
3) Peep a Weezy joint.
4) Give it up.

Anonymous said...

Ciara wins it because if you "stooped/bent slow low" - it wouldn't be quite the same.
(Ill snickers under his breath)

Maybe you souky should start your own blog.. if it's good Ill will come support If you make it to the us open and upset the setup Ima have a few friends and some brews at one of my spots to cheer you on. If you got an album I might cop it or at least pull it up on youtube. If you wouldve said you don't like weezy because that chorus was about black victimhood then I coulda rolled with you right off the bat or commented on ciaras fake titties and hair and said she had a body "like a boy" then i coulda been on board. But I still luhyou guh

Anonymous said...

Ill Ill, you alright me
I’m not sensitive about DV
Nor whom he deems the ‘Baddest ‘B’
See, this Queen don’t stoop nor bend down low
Not a pit-bull wearing lipstick
Not an accessorized hoe
I don’t try to blend in
to the fantasy and imagery of transparent men

Ciara, don’t personally know her
But from the looks of the photos
She’s trapped in the imagination of the man
Probably couldn’t get back to reality
even if taken by the hand
Lead out darkness she calls the spotlight
For now she can have my flashlight

I don’t study the lyrics of Lil Wayne
Or any man for that matter
That batter women with their words
I am not apart of that herd
I prefer the Biblical Word

I’m Souky
your Virtuous Queen
I sometimes soothe
And I sometimes sting!

:-)