Wow! The looney left media strikes again.

Just to put things in proper perspective.

The looting after a war of liberation has happened in every war and can be expected early on. In the Iraqis case they were held down for 30 years by a dictator. The leftest media doesn't even state that this happens after every war of liberation.

To put things in proper perspective the LA riot of 1991 lasted four full days and left 55 dead and more than 2000 injured. The riot caused 1,000,000,000 dollars worth of property damage. At the time the leftest media reported they could understand the built up frustration.

Seems to me the leftest media could understand the Iraqis built up frustration. I'm sure they would if clintoon was in office.

 

[SINGURU]

LOOTING IS OUTLAW SHOPPING FOR THE MASSES;

CHARACTER ASSASINATION IS FOR THE WISH GIVING

OF THE TWISTED;ARE THERE REALLY ANY LEFT OR

RIGHT WING TENDENCIES THAT DO NOT PRECLUDE THE

BOTH ABOVE ?

 

[PatPatriot]

Out...its pretty amazing ain't it...The only problem with the LA riots is they didn't go long enough,if you know what I mean.

 

Patriot,
The facts hurt the left.

I hear Rodney King crashed into a house the other day. The evil police believe he may have been on something.

 

Why did the police just stand by and allow all the looting and destruction in the 1991 LA riot?

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

OutandUp, this has nothing to do with the left.

A true leftist enjoys to see both groups of poor people rising up to take what was stolen from them from the bourgeoisie.

 

[radiofreecostarica]

The whole "liberal media" bias might help your argument here, but the fact is, it really doesn't exist.

Author Eric Alterman (What Liberal Media?)brings up a great point in asking that "if the Media was so leftist, why is there not a "labor" section in each newspaper across the nation?"

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

Radio, he makes a good point, and I've been meaning to pick the book up.

That said, there is a Job Section in the paper.

The subtle difference is that the people placing the ads want you to work FOR them, not WITH them.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

but you are right, there is not a "labor" section persay.

Something with articles on how to leverage things from your boss by using the power of the masses would be more an equivalent to the business section which gives all kinds of tips on how to seperate "consumers" from their money.

 

Dispute the facts listed above. My heart bleeds.

 

[radiofreecostarica]

Great argument. Nice attempt at proving it wrong...

Until you can, no more moaning and whining about the "liberal media".

 

[KillerWatermelon]

We were told that U.S. Forces were prepared for every contingency. We were told that the U.S. Forces are the best in the world and trained for anything. We now know this was a lie. We should have dealt with this quickly (within a day or two).

And whether this type of thing happened in other wars is not relevant. We have the means to stop it and we could have easily stopped it. Don’t use history as an excuse.

There are valid reasons for a quick end to the looting:

1.) Valuable infrastructure is being carted off. This will slow down the rebuilding process and cost money.
2.) It makes the collation look as if they don’t care about the Iraqi people and their nation. We were there to liberate and offer the Iraqi’s a better live. Our actions say otherwise.
3.) And maybe most important, valuable and irreplaceable intelligence is being carted off by looters. Who knows what all has been lost by this looting.

The sad part is the U.S. Military has tens of thousands of personal who are trained to deal with this type of thing: MP’s, Engineers, Admin people. These units should have been waiting and training in Kuwait. They could have then been deployed within hours.

No, the Right is wrong on this issue. This is a major screw-up by the U.S. and it is inexcusable IMO. We’ve lost a good opportunity to show that we mean what we say.

 

[DirkDigAlert]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>We were told that U.S. Forces were prepared for every contingency <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Hmm....I must have missed that memo.

 

[KillerWatermelon]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Hmm....I must have missed that memo. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good, so you admit that our Armed Forces are and were not fully prepared for Iraq. I’m glad we agree.

Anyway, you didn’t miss the memo; but it appears you’ve chosen to ignore it. So let me offer a little reminder from what the Commander in Chief had to say about the matter. Perhaps you should complain to him for making looney left statements. After all he is the one who said we would keep the peace and offer security to Iraq.

From George W. Bush’s 2/28/03 speech at the American Enterprise Institute (a right wing think tank)

If we must use force, the United States and our coalition stand ready to help the citizens of a liberated Iraq.

We will provide security against those who try to spread chaos, or settle scores, or threaten the territorial integrity of Iraq

We will ensure that one brutal dictator is not replaced by another.

Protecting those boundaries carries a cost. The dangers are real, as our soldiers, and sailors, airmen, and Marines fully understand. Yet, no military has ever been better prepared to meet these challenges.

And I know something about these men and women who wear our uniform: they will complete every mission they are given with skill, and honor, and courage.

So no excuses, George Bush said we would provide security and it is time for him to live up to his commitment.

 

[entropy]

killer find there KillerWatermelon.

was he lying or just failing to keep one of many promises i expect will be ignored.

 

You people watch way too much TV. To expect the marines to win a war and at the same time some how stop looting in a city the size of Baghdad is just not possible. Does the 1991 LA riots ring a bell. The only way the police could have stopped that was to shoot people and ask questions later, they didn't and it lasted 4 days and left 55 dead.

 

[KMAN]

That's why I haven't watched CNN,NBC,ABC, or CBS in over a month. That's also why Fox News is leading all media. 70-80% of the country is tired of listening to the Liberal side spin the situation into something that's not.

Thank God for Fox News and Sean Hannity.

KMAN

 

[Jointpleasure]

Rush since 1989!

 

[Jointpleasure]

The band since 1980!

 

[radiofreecostarica]

The "right" cannot respond to this.

What's sad is that this ISN'T a right/left issue! Our president has lied to us. Period.