Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
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The war ended for those children, but it has never ended for survivors who carry memories of them. Likewise, the effects of the U.S. bombings continue, immeasurably and indefensibly.
Damn
The WarCriminals,Bush,Cheney,Rice,Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Powell and Blair from England.
How many Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion 15 years ago? Some credible estimates put the number at more than one million. You can read that sentence again.
The invasion of Iraq is often spoken of in our country as a “blunder,” or even a “colossal mistake.” It was a crime.
Those who perpetrated it are still at large. Some of them have even been rehabilitated thanks to the horrors of a mostly amnesiac citizenry.
We condemned children to death, some after many days of writhing in pain on bloodstained mats, without pain relievers. Some died quickly, wasted by missing arms and legs, crushed heads. As the fluids ran out of their bodies, they appeared like withered, spoiled fruits. They could have lived, certainly should have lived – and laughed and danced, and run and played- but instead they were brutally murdered. Yes, murdered!
An Army veteran responded to readers’ comments about the lessons he learned deploying in Afghanistan and Iraq after losing his brother in 9/11.
In “The Real Lesson of Sept. 11,” an Op-Ed published on the 17th anniversary of the attacks, an Army veteran, Joe Quinn, demanded the end of the United States involvement in Afghanistan. He wrote about enlisting in order to avenge his brother’s death in the World Trade Center and about the many lessons he learned about war, the most profound of which was that “the people who killed my brother died the same day he did.”
Hundreds of readers commented with great emotion on Mr. Quinn’s essay, so we asked him to address some of the ideas and questions there. A selection of comments and Mr. Quinn’s responses follow. They have been edited for length and clarity. — Rachel L. Harris and Lisa Tarchak, senior editorial assistants
I am a veteran, though I never faced combat. I did see my friends and fellow soldiers go to Vietnam to fight. Many died there. Of those who came home safely, I don’t think there was a single one who wasn’t changed in some way by the experience, and not for the better. That war accomplished nothing, other than destroy American families and blow a huge hole in our economy. — KenF, Staten Island, N.Y.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had killed nine militants in an air strike in southern Somalia this week during a battle between U.S. and Somali government troops and al Shabaab Islamist fighters.
The military’s Africa Command (Africom) said the strike was carried out on Oct. 1 approximately 40 km (25 miles) northeast of the city of Kismayo, which is in the south of the country. “We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed in this air strike”, Africom’s statement read.
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will strengthen its observation points in Syria’s northwest and work with Russia against radical groups, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, Erdogan also said that Turkey will hold a summit with Russia, Germany and France in October or November to discuss Syria, adding that Turkey will continue to seek a solution with the Syrian people, not the Russian-backed Syrian government.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was working hard to correct mistaken targeting by its military coalition in Yemen that has killed civilians including children, but U.N. rights experts voiced scepticism.
International pressure mounted on the kingdom, including from allies, to do more to limit civilian casualties in a 3-1/2 year civil war that has killed more than 10,000 people and pushed the already impoverished country to the brink of famine.
Saudi Arabia leads a coalition of Arab states fighting against the Houthi movement that controls Yemen’s capital.
The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday examined the Saudi record on compliance with a treaty protocol on children in armed conflict, and repeatedly raised the issue of children killed by coalition attacks in Yemen.
“This has been going on a number of years. But still there is no information that any perpetrators or people responsible for these kinds of actions have been prosecuted or sanctioned or dealt with in any way,” said panel vice-chair Clarence Nelson.
Osaiker Alotaibi of the Saudi defense ministry told the panel of 18 independent experts that the Saudi-led alliance was committed to upholding international humanitarian law. The coalition had a list of 64,000 potential targets in Yemen that were off limits to attack, including schools and hospitals.
Coalition investigations had uncovered “the existence of certain unintentional mistakes in a number of these operations,” Alotaibi said. “The task force recommended that perpetrators should be held to account and victims should enjoy redress.”
BERLIN — Germany will next year end its reconnaissance and air-to-air refueling missions that are part of U.S.-led operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the government decided on Tuesday, a document seen by Reuters showed.
Germany, whose Nazi past makes military action a sensitive issue, has mainly carried out limited engagements abroad since World War Two, focusing on training, surveillance, medical rescue and peacekeeping, although it participated in the 1999 air offensive on what was then Yugoslavia.
Germany’s air force will end the flights by Oct. 31, 2019, the document showed, without giving a reason for the decision.
Parts of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), who are junior partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition, have raised scepticism toward the flights.
Several militants were killed in a series of airstrikes conducted by the Afghan and coalition forces during the military operations in southeastern Paktia province of Afghanistan.
The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said the airstrikes were carried out in Bakawa, Koti Khel, and Hastogan areas of Zurmat district.
The statement further added that 26 militants have been killed, 3 others have sustained injuries, and two vehicles of the militants were destroyed during the operations.
Taliban’s military commission chief Mulalh Daud and shadow judge of the group Mullah Ghani were among those killed, the 203rd Thunder Corps added.
The coalition forces based in Afghanistan have carried out airstrikes in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, targeting a vehicle that was carrying commanders of the Taliban’s Red Unit.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the airstrike was carried out on Monday in the vicinity of Asmar district.
The statement further added that the unmanned aerial vehicles of the coalition forces targeted the vehicle of Taliban’s Red Unit commanders in Kandar area, leaving two commanders of the group dead.
The two Taliban commanders killed in the airstrike have been identified as Mohammad Yousuf adn Mullah Ayoub, the 201st Silab Corps said, adding that the vehicle was also destroyed along with several light and heavy weapons.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy A. Bolyard, 42, from Thornton, West Virginia, died Sept. 3, 2018, of wounds sustained from small arms fire in Logar Province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation.
Bolyard was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia.
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