Memorial Day 2008

Another Memorial Day. Another yearly reminder of one of the many costs of war, lest we forget. A media occasion for politicians and pundits alike to "catapult the propaganda" over the graves they, themselves, excavated and filled with the dead of yet another generation. Hours of mind-numbing oration, crocodile tears, and movies starring American's favorite pretend warrior, Marion Morrison (John Wayne), mark today's tribute to this nation's militarism. Another Memorial Day. Been there. Done that. It is time to turn the page.

Of course, we mourn those who have been taken from this life by provocateurs who dream of wealth, power, and domination. There are 365 days in a year. We remember our lost loved ones on each and every day. What we must not forget is that the war against Iraq, like its predecessor in Vietnam 40 years ago, began in a fog of falsehoods and is being fought in vain. The American people were deliberately lied to and the Iraqi people were intentionally lied about.

Our society has long been dominated by a culture that differs little from the ancient civilizations that practiced human sacrifice. The young are nurtured, harvested, and indoctrinated to obediently surrender their lives to the ruling class. Ceremonial incantations obfuscate the true purpose of the "ultimate sacrifice" that awaits. Liberty, valor, duty, perseverance, freedom, and honor are the magic words that marched two generations into wars of choice fought to advance the imperial profiteering of a ruthless corporate elite.

It is in the Temple of Greed that the pageant nears its end. There, the cold-blooded priests who claim moral high ground, circle and kill to appease the voracious appetite of their God. We are then called upon to play our parts. We are to memorialize by observing a "moment of remembrance" to honor "the fallen".

"The fallen" have been exploited continuously since the pre "Shock and Awe" soften 'em up bombing sorties over Iraq to post-surge present. A moment of truth begs observation as well.THEY DIDN'T FALL. THEY WERE PUSHED!

During a "moment of remembrance" another page was turned. It turned away from John Wayne's simulated silver screen heroism and away from both the flames of war and the ill winds that fan them. The next page focuses entirely on justice for we must remember that "our fallen" and the war dead in Iraq have been murdered by a sociopathic American leadership and its entourage of obedient groupies.

So spare the mock sentimentality, pompous rituals, and patriotic platitudes. We must strip away the camouflage that has shrouded our nation's capitol in secrecy for eight long years to expose those whose crimes against humanity demand punishment. Let us pledge to memorialize and honor "the fallen" by seeking justice for the crimes that extinguished their lives and the lives of over one million innocent Iraqi citizens. Let us pledge to investigate and bring to trial the members of the most destructive, criminal regime in America's history. The Hague is waiting.

............Wage Peace............
...Kitchen Window Woman...

"Bush's God" Damned Iraq - Five Years of American Shame

God told George W. Bush to go and kill all of those people. Billy Graham's Lord bent down and apologized in W 's ear for putting all of those rich deposits of oil under the Iraqi desert. "Flush 'em out, go get 'em, and when you get 'em - torture right and proper. Destroy their homes, make sure they have no medicine, food or gas, leave no electricity, no clean water, and flood the streets with sewage. George W's personal God preached on, "Shock and Awe 'em, George, and you'll prove ta yer daddy, and the whole damn world that yer a man!

Terrorize 'em every day and hey, use those weapons of mass destruction I gave ya - they're real killers! Ya can't beat white phosphorus and that new napalm, MK77, it sticks to the skin better so it burns longer, yeah! And them kiddies jest love those liddle ole cluster bomblettes. Hell, they look jest like liddle toys! Then there's depleted uranium - my well-rounded wonder weapon. It penetrates, it burns, and it is guaranteed to pollute the land, the water, and the people. They'll be sick fer generations!

Insurgents fought with George Washington and won the Revolutionary War here in America, but we got to change the meaning of the word a bit. Iraqi patriots who are defending their country from yer army, well, they're the bad guys. Every time they fight back - even a little, put it on the news how you have suppressed the insurgency fer freedom - no matter what ya do... say its fer freedom!

Now, we got ta give them troops a hate name for them insurgents. Let's see we already used "gooks" for the slant eyes in the Nam... How's about "hajjis"? It sounds kinda Abi Baba don't it? Oh and b'fore I forget, here's a little hate ditty to wash the brains of yer troops with. Help's 'em concentrate on the killin'...

Bomb the village
Kill the people
Throw some napalm in the square
Do it on a Sunday morning
Kill them on their way to prayer
Ring the bell inside the schoolhouse
Watch the kiddies gather round
Lock and load with your 240
Mow them little motherf***rs down
. . . etc.

God's little genocide is workin' in Gaza for the Israelis, idn't it George? Those Palestinians are jest about done fer - it'll work in Iraq, too! Jest keep on bulleavin' and you'll see. One day most all Iraqi's will be dead or barely hangin' on in refugee camps. The diehards who stay in Iraq won't be able to fight because if we don't take their lives we will take their limbs. Some'll be too sick from radiation poisonin' to work, but I promise you, there will be enough able-bodied hajjis remaining ta labor in the American Occupation's Oil Fields, and fer real cheap, too!

An' never-you-mind all those anti-war protesters. Its not lyin' if I told ya ta say it. The Iraqis had nothin' to do with 9/11 but that don't make a bit a difference. Kill 'em anyway! And hey, if they try to defend themselves act as if yer the victim not them - works great for the Israelis!

Now Lucifer, he's over there in Dick Cheney's head. They're doin' a heckuva job with all them contractors, missin' tax dollars 'n all. Hosanna Halliburton! Hey, we figure b'twix the two of us we got this miserable war oil thing nailed - jest like my son.

I see them lefties have been complainin' 'bout yer natural born killer instincts. Don't you fret 'bout that - you got me and I am the best excuse you'll ever have for killin' all those folks. Don't you worry about a thing, George, I'm a livin' God. I walk with you, I talk with you, an' I'm always with you, right here inside yer head. 'N I wanna tell ya, I haven't enjoyed myself so much since I spent all that time in Hitler's head.

Hey, listen up George W. I'm good ta go so its 'bout time ta do a job on Iran - ya know the drill so... Bring It On! ...'N don't ferget ta prey.
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.................Five years of War - Five years of American Shame.............
935 LIES - OVER ONE MILLION DEAD - A TWO TRILLION DOLLAR WAR

If they have another war don't show up!
............Kitchen Window Woman........

* the "ditty" above is currently being used during the "training" (indoctrination)of our soldiers

HELP - Iraq's Children are Suffering

An activist friend, who is also a mother and a grandmother, recently e-mailed to inform me of UNICEF's urgent alert - the immediate need of $37 million dollars to treat sick and wounded Iraqi children. The plight of Iraq's children has been a constant concern for anti-war humanitarian activists since the war began five years ago. Despite "The Surge" being touted as a resounding success by the Bush Administration, the appalling circumstances faced daily by Iraqi children have deteriorated drastically. An entire generation of children is endangered.

America's March 19, 2003 "Shock and Awe" attack on Iraq began a never ending nightmare of terror, suffering, pain, and death for Iraqi children.

Thousands of children have died in the unnecessary, illegal war that was forced upon their country. Thousands more have been orphaned. Tens of thousands have been blinded, lost limbs, taken bullets and shrapnel, been burned, brain injured, and psychologically and emotionally traumatized. Sadly, many wounded and sick children are being abandoned by parents, who as a consequence of the war, can no longer care for them. Currently within Iraq 1.6 million homeless children need medical treatment and food.

There are the kids who are wasting away from what the Iraqis call "the white death" - Leukemia. During the First Gulf War, American and British forces pounded Iraq with 975 bombs and missiles that were coated with depleted uranium. Unfortunately, America and Britain do not clean up after themselves. The radioactive shell casings, bullets, and bomb fragments littered all over Iraq will remain active for 4.5 billion years. Incidents of leukemia in Iraq have increased over 600% since the 1990's.


Billions of dollars worth of additional radioactive bombs, missiles, and rounds have pummeled Iraq since the inception of George W. Bush's crusade to "save" the Iraqi people. Is it any wonder Iraq has developed into the location with the highest most concentrated rate of Leukemia in the world? Even worse, the fact that there are very few doctors left in Iraq to care for sick and wounded children is compounded by a severe lack of basic medical supplies, equipment, and necessaary medicines.

But that is not all. The destruction of Iraq's infrastructure by American and British forces, plus Sunni and Shi'a religious combatants alike, has left 60% of the Iraqi people without safe drinking water and seas of raw sewage in the streets. Dehydration caused by diarrhea is stalking and killing Iraq's children and they face a renewed outbreak of Cholera during the summer months of 2008.


Malnutrition is a constant for these poor, war-weary innocent victims and they can't even go to school to forget their misery. Many schools have been closed or destroyed entirely. Often the journey to reach a school is far too dangerous for children to undertake. And now, in the southern province of Qadissiyah, 275 children have been stricken with leishmanaisis, a disfiguring skin idsease that can also lead to death if it attacks internal organs.

Although billions of taxpayer dollars were designated for the repair of Iraq's infrastructure and the rebuilding of it's institutions, most has been pocketed by American contractors or skillfully diverted to finance the continuing construction of 14 enduring / permanent US military bases instead.

It is apparent that the American government has no intention of taking responsibility to relieve the suffering they have visited on the youngest victims of the on-going war and occupation. Their childhoods have been stolen. How much more can Iraqi children withstand? An entire generation of children is endangered.

It is up to us to help. Please send something if you can or help by promoting public awareness about the plight of Iraq's children. If you prefer a more established charity donate to UNICEF. I chose to contribute to a smaller organization. I mailed a modest check to Iraq Health Now whose Project Coordinator, Kathy Murphy, has managed to ship containers with medical supplies, little wheel chairs, walkers, and crutches to the hospitals in Basra. Every little bit will help - money is needed for postage as well as supplies, so even a coupla bucks will be put to use.

Note: We save pennies, pocket change, and recycle cans and bottles. These funds accumulate and are put to use for political or charitable contributions. Our unimpressive but useful financial stash has once again enabled us to help others - for that I am thankful.

If they gave a war and nobody came,
Iraq's children would be living normal lives.
...........Kitchen Window Woman..........