"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it."

Bowser — 10/31/2004 5:24:13 AM (archived)

Unidentified U.S. Army major, on decision to bomb Bentre, Vietnam, February 7, 1968.

George Santayana:
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Gen. Curtis LeMay, May 1964
Tell the Vietnamese they've got to draw in their horns or we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.

Stephen Vizinczey, 1968
The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture - aware only of its own history, insensible to everything which isn't part of the local atmosphere.

Imagine - they don't like foreigners invading their country, robbing resources, killing people.

Arf

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Fallujah - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2004 3:57:55 AM
- "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." - Bowser - 10/31/2004 5:24:13 AM
  - It may become necessary to conquer Falujah in order to save Iraq from the Ba'athists. In doing so, people are going to get killed. That is war. The stakes are high: Transition to democracy or return… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/31/2004 6:18:27 AM
    - Yeah, but when did "democracy" come to mean colonial deals for US firms? - E.P. Grondine - 10/31/2004 7:43:37 AM
  - Why do you go to all the work? - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2004 5:37:28 AM
    - A sense of fairness, justice, morality. A dislike of cruelty, killing innocents. - Bowser - 10/31/2004 5:51:11 AM
      - "My cruelty will be bigger than your cruelty, and i will kill more of your innocents in revenge"............. - Lindy - 10/31/2004 4:04:38 PM
      - All the defining characteristics of those we are fighting. Try harder. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2004 5:57:03 AM
        
        Please note. The US is OVER THERE, KILLING THEM, as the result of illegal aggression. - Bowser - 10/31/2004 3:51:28 PM
        
        You Definitely Just Spout The Party Line Whether It's A Lie Or Not - Mark Eby - 10/31/2004 4:19:32 PM
        
        The US isn't over there killing 'em? And the UN sanctioned the invasion? - Bowser - 10/31/2004 7:22:27 PM
        
        UN Resolution 1441, Just Keep Swimming In Ignorance (n/t) - Mark Eby - 10/31/2004 8:04:43 PM
        
        That's not how the UN reads it, how Bush read it, how Powell read it. And not how ROW read it. - Bowser - 10/31/2004 10:12:57 PM
        
        Some Other Follow-up - Mark Eby - 10/31/2004 11:02:07 PM
        
        Read It Yourself - Then Just Keep Lieing To Stay Happy (n/t) - Mark Eby - 10/31/2004 10:43:27 PM
        
        That is, of course, "cruelty, killing innocents, robbery, fraud, corruption, torture." - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2004 5:59:53 AM
        
        re: In Bowser's world American Soldiers are committing war crimes at every opportunity. - Scott Evil - 11/1/2004 9:33:39 PM

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