tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post6658682818059983340..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Thursday, February 23, 2012Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-43031501480486193642012-02-23T20:17:45.353-08:002012-02-23T20:17:45.353-08:00Every day, 400 Afghans join the ranks of the displ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/amnesty-every-day-400-more-afghans-join-ranks-of-nations-500000-displaced-persons/2012/02/23/gIQAnTBhUR_story.html" rel="nofollow">Every day, 400 Afghans join the ranks of the displaced in Afghanistan</a><br /><br />They number of a half million in total. And many of them are freezing and starving.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-27839802728318693742012-02-23T19:00:54.726-08:002012-02-23T19:00:54.726-08:00Another horrific day in Iraq.
It makes me very sa...Another horrific day in Iraq.<br /><br />It makes me very sad.<br /><br />The US rice farmers can go jump in a damn lake.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-88366588387585626282012-02-23T18:56:51.542-08:002012-02-23T18:56:51.542-08:00just like those folks in NYC do not appreciate the...just like those folks in NYC do not appreciate their skyline improvement on 9-11-01.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-24692508947350200032012-02-23T18:56:20.807-08:002012-02-23T18:56:20.807-08:00yes, those Iraqis STILL do not appreciate our free...yes, those Iraqis STILL do not appreciate our freedom bombs!!!!Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-38423507230624290462012-02-23T18:55:55.392-08:002012-02-23T18:55:55.392-08:00US rice farmers prove they don't know their as...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/struggling-farmers-furious-after-iraq-stops-buying-us-rice-opts-for-cheaper-grain-from-india/2012/02/23/gIQAvEgoUR_story.html" rel="nofollow">US rice farmers prove they don't know their ass from a hole in the ground</a><br /><br />The talk of the day among Ray Stoesser and other rice farmers is Iraq’s decision not to buy U.S. rice, a stinging move that adds to a stressful year punctuated by everything from drought to unusual heat.<br /><br />Stoesser and other farmers know Iraqis struggled during the U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation. They know most countries — and people — buy based on price.<br /><br />But at the moment, with production costs rising, export markets shrinking and rice prices dropping, it’s difficult to be rational and suppress emotions so intimately intertwined with their land and livelihood.<br /><br />“That’s just not right,” the 63-year-old Stoesser fumed. “If we’ve got some rice to sell, they ought to pay a premium for it just because this is the country that freed them.”Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-15475141976881425422012-02-23T18:54:17.347-08:002012-02-23T18:54:17.347-08:00“Those behind the act should be asked about their ...“Those behind the act should be asked about their deed and must be punished,” said an officer near a U.S. military base in Kabul. “If I find the opportunity, I would shoot them in the head.”Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-82037420864345645432012-02-23T18:53:19.330-08:002012-02-23T18:53:19.330-08:00Afghan police sympathize with protesters
I think ...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/two-us-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-obama-apologizes-for-koran-burning-as-taliban-calls-for-revenge/2012/02/23/gIQALNKIVR_story.html" rel="nofollow">Afghan police sympathize with protesters</a><br /><br />I think the US/NATO forces better stay away from the Afghan police too.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-91631911439716509212012-02-23T18:51:27.821-08:002012-02-23T18:51:27.821-08:00CBS News is reporting that the two ISAF soldiers k...CBS News is reporting that the two ISAF soldiers killed were Americans, and it was due to the Koran burning.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57383420/2-u.s-troops-killed-in-koran-backlash/" rel="nofollow">Two U.S. troops have been shot to death and four more wounded by an Afghan solider who turned his gun on his allies in apparent anger over the burning of Korans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, an Afghan official tells CBS News.</a>Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-23992921533217257082012-02-23T18:41:16.232-08:002012-02-23T18:41:16.232-08:00Press TV cannot be trusted. They make shit up all...Press TV cannot be trusted. They make shit up all the time.... so the story linked in this post may be true... or may be not.<br /><br /><br />A few weeks back Press TV said there were 12,000 US troops in Libya. Clearly not true.Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com