alternet.org — Institutionally unwilling to consider America's responsibility for the bloodbath, the traditional media have refused to acknowledge the massive number of Iraqis killed since the invasion. It is five times more than the estimates of killings in Darfur and even more than the genocide in Rwanda 13 years ago:ONE MILLION IRAQIS KILLED.
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pimpbot1979Nov 23, 2007
Oh well, I guess that settles it. I can't use the term anti-semitic because Arabs are semitic people and I can't call western governments democracies because we are all technically republics. Ever heard of precedence of use? We can't have a discussion if every term used is invalidated.
dreadpirateNov 23, 2007
You underestimate the brutality of the insurgents. Remember that many of them are not even Iraqi, but instead are muslims from other countries that have come to fight us. They are the ones detonating bombs when our soldiers are handing out toys to children. Or did your mindset blind you to that news report from earlier this week?
dreadpirateNov 23, 2007
Ahh, a typical leftist - unable to handle actual "debate". Any significant dissension must be punished or libeled!
Closed AccountNov 26, 2007
I think there are two major challenges to recognizing the Armenian genocide, or other historical acts of genocide, such as the genocide of German civilians at the end of WWII. First, the media caters openly to the Holocaust industry, which benefits from a monopoly on profiting from human suffering. Recognizing other acts of genocide, or even other victims of genocide by the Nazis, threatens that immensely profitable endeavor, which has netted the industry close to $50 billion since the 1960's, almost none of which has been paid to actual Holocaust survivors or the victims' families. Secondly, Jews played a leadership role in the genocide against Armenians, as they did in genocide against German civilians. Even if Jews did not comprise a controlling elite within the western media, it's unlikely that the world's newspapers and television networks would be willing to endure being labeled organs of 'anti-Semitism' by the major Zionist organizations.
richnessNov 27, 2007
"we all share in responsibility for what our elected representatives are doing."..... well, I for one do not take responsibility, as a matter of fact, I take umbrage, and I'm quite concerned about traveling abroad as an American. The Executive Branch has a responsibility to the Constitution and the people it governs, not the other way around.
bing11Dec 3, 2007
The Holocaust was so horrible, comparing anything to it is undeserving. You're right I was misinformed about Godwin's Law, so let's just call my interpretation "the Law of Comparing s**t to the Holocaust When the Holocaust is in a Class all by Itself -- oh, and 01I0 is a Dumbass for Being a Jerk"
joshuasawyerFeb 7, 2008
f**k you