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I am actually speechless.
Pentagon announcess September 11 concert
The Pentagon would hold a massive march and country music concert to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an announcement tucked into an Iraq war briefing today.
"This year the Department of Defense will initiate an America Supports Your Freedom Walk," Rumsfeld said, adding that the march would remind people of "the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation".
The march will start at the Pentagon, where nearly 200 people died on September 11, 2001, and end at the National Mall with a show by country star Clint Black.
What the...? This is like something out of Dr. Strangelove, or Mad magazine, only without the class. I can hear it now: "Gee honey, let's go eat some freedom fries and buy some balloons and remember just how much fun that day was! Will there be fireworks?"
Word of the event startled some observers.
"I've never heard of such a thing," said John Pike, who has been a defence analyst in Washington for 25 years and runs GlobalSecurity.org.
The news also reignited debate and anger over linking September 11 with the war in Iraq.
"That piece of it is disturbing since we all know now there was no connection," said Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq veteran who heads Operation Truth, an anti-administration military booster.
I am actually speechless.
Pentagon announcess September 11 concert
The Pentagon would hold a massive march and country music concert to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an announcement tucked into an Iraq war briefing today.
"This year the Department of Defense will initiate an America Supports Your Freedom Walk," Rumsfeld said, adding that the march would remind people of "the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation".
The march will start at the Pentagon, where nearly 200 people died on September 11, 2001, and end at the National Mall with a show by country star Clint Black.
What the...? This is like something out of Dr. Strangelove, or Mad magazine, only without the class. I can hear it now: "Gee honey, let's go eat some freedom fries and buy some balloons and remember just how much fun that day was! Will there be fireworks?"
Word of the event startled some observers.
"I've never heard of such a thing," said John Pike, who has been a defence analyst in Washington for 25 years and runs GlobalSecurity.org.
The news also reignited debate and anger over linking September 11 with the war in Iraq.
"That piece of it is disturbing since we all know now there was no connection," said Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq veteran who heads Operation Truth, an anti-administration military booster.
"I think it's clear that their public opinion polls are in the toilet," he said.
That would be putting it mildly. Of course, with nauseating predictability, administration lapdogs lept to the defense of this atrocity:
"We are at war," said Representative Peter King, (R., New York).
"It's essential that we support our troops."
Yeah, Congressman, how about supporting them by buying them some fucking body armor and reinforced plating for their Humvees so they actually have a reasonable chance of coming home alive and in one piece? Or are you planning on taking this "support" over to Walter Reed and letting Mr. Black warble a few ditties for the troops who can't march or, in fact, even move because they've had their goddamn legs and arms blown off?
I'm sorry to go off like that but I've heard of some idiotic things in my time, and this is right up near the top. I mean, what, a moment of respectful silence or a non-denominational prayer service to honor the dead won't do anymore?
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"I think it's clear that their public opinion polls are in the toilet," he said.
That would be putting it mildly. Of course, with nauseating predictability, administration lapdogs lept to the defense of this atrocity:
"We are at war," said Representative Peter King, (R., New York).
"It's essential that we support our troops."
Yeah, Congressman, how about supporting them by buying them some fucking body armor and reinforced plating for their Humvees so they actually have a reasonable chance of coming home alive and in one piece? Or are you planning on taking this "support" over to Walter Reed and letting Mr. Black warble a few ditties for the troops who can't march or, in fact, even move because they've had their goddamn legs and arms blown off?
I'm sorry to go off like that but I've heard of some idiotic things in my time, and this is right up near the top. I mean, what, a moment of respectful silence or a non-denominational prayer service to honor the dead won't do anymore?
