it's_magnificent_but_it_isn't_'war' a "point" * a_point_in_time * "It Isn't War" By Richard Hart Sinnreich Sunday, August 22, 2004; Page B07 Watching the gallant but doomed charge of the British light cavalry brigade against the Russian guns at Balaclava during the Crimean War, French Gen. Pierre Bosquet commented acidly, "It's magnificent, but it isn't war." 040822 ... . The same might be said of recent military operations in Iraq. Observing them, Americans might be pardoned for wondering just what we think we're doing. One week our troops are clearing Fallujah of Baathist insurgents. The next week they aren't. A month later they're clearing Najaf of Shiite insur- gents. Then, a few days later, they aren't. Meanwhile, casualties and insurgents alike multiply. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20338-2004Aug20.html 040822 ... and iLink- Injury_'Toll' Death_'Toll' 040822 ... kx21 "It Isn't War" What's that? Eureka!!! The_Beast_in_Freedom_and_Democracy. Tell or show one why_not... And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... 040822 ... An "amazing" newslink *** * Politics of Exclusion in Iraq *** Published: August 22, 2004 Last week's national political conference in Baghdad was all but eclipsed by the armed standoff outside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf. But the Baghdad politicking was just as important for the future prospects of a unified Iraq, and the outcome was mostly discouraging. "It was supposed to provide a broader base for governance and constitutional compromise than Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's narrow, exile-dominated cabinet. That did not really happen." 040822 ... 22 August 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/opinion/22sun1.html 040822 ... why not "It Isn't War"... It's a "M_Species / "Virus" of *** * "Extrajudicial" Deeds *** i.e. extrajudicial_destruction extrajudicial_abuses and extrajudicial_killings in Human_spaces, given the_Images_of_Americans:- US-Led War in Iraq - Invasion / Occupation & Shock_and_AwE in Najaf, Falluja, etc. Tell one ...And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... 040822 ... :) Amen. 040822 what's it to you? who go blather from