VETERAN'S DAY 2015

A woman who was an Iraq war military veteran told John a few years back one night at the Oasis Nightclub (roughly 2007 or so; at the time she was living in a vehicle parked next to the Oasis) that when stationed in Iraq; Iraqi ladies would often roll up baby carriages which sometimes contained I.E.D.s in the vicinity of U.S. troops. After a certain point in time; all baby carriages were considered to be suspicious and were then fired upon; often killing innocent Iraqi babies etc in the process. (note: this conversation was recorded) People in Iraq were then calling them "baby killers" after this.

GO TO: IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device + IRAQ VET BRAVADO: “100 METERS OR YOU WILL BE SHOT” @ http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/05/27/iraq-vet-bravado-100-meters-or-you-will-be-shot/ + BIRTH DEFECTS AND CANCER RATES HIGH IN BASRA AND FALLUJAH @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/iraq-war-anniversary-birth-defects-cancer_n_2917701.html + RELATED STORY: REST IN PEACE, BRIAN COLLETTI @ http://addendumblog1.blogspot.com/2014/04/rest-in-peace-brian-colletti.html

NOTE: No human being should be placed in a situation like this; not only is it unfair to the soldiers; but it is also grossly unfair to the residents of the occupied country.

 

“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents...” ― Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier > GO TO: http://www.warisaracket.org/