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US NATO ISAF ON SUNDAY MAY 29 TH KILLED TWELVE CHILDREN AND TWO WOMEN WHILE BOMBING FROM THE AIR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THE BIG BAD BOOGEY TALIBAN WAS FAR AWAY FROM THESE CIVILIAN HOMES NOOR AGHA ASKED WHY WAS MY HOUSE BOMBED? BECAUSE SHE LOST RELATIVES IN THE AIR RAID GONE HOMICIDAL MANIACAL MILITARISTICALLY MURDEROUS AND THE GENIUSES WHO WORK FOR THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WHO STOMP ON THOSE WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAD THIS TO SAY: "Unfortunately, the compound the insurgents purposefully occupied was later discovered to house innocent civilians." -Major General John Toolan, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander for the southwest region of Afghanistan. & “We’re gonna continue to do everything we can to express our deep regret when a terrible incident occurs and civilians are injured or killed.” -Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State CAN YOU FEEL THE CONSUMMATELY COMPASSIONATE ARMS WHICH REPRESENT WE WHO LIVE IN THE DESENSITIZED STATES OF AMERICA? ARE YOU HAPPY TO LIVE IN SUCH A DECLINING STATE OF AFFAIRS? ONE HAS TO WONDER THAT IF A FEW AFGHAN KIDS GOT IN A ROW BOAT AND ROWED ALL THE WAY TO THE SHORE OF FLORIDA AND WITH ONE PLASTIC SQUIRT GUN DURING THE BRIGHTEST HOUR OF THE DAY IN THE BLAZING SUN WHERE THERE IS NO SHADE WHATSOEVER AND EVERYONE AROUND THEM CAN SEE HEAR AND RECORD WITH THEIR CELLPHONES THEIR EVERY MOVEMENT--- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE UNITED STATES WOULD DO IF ONE OF THOSE KIDS TOOK A PEE ON AMERICAN SOIL? JUST ONE KID AGE 8 OR 9 TAKING A PEE NOT EVEN A FULL FLEDGED PEE BUT ONE WHERE JUST A LITTLE URINE TRICKLES DOWN AND LANDS A COUPLE OF DROPS IN THE SAND--- I SHUDDER TO THINK.

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Date: 6/4/2011 5:52:00 AM
Profound and very sad Andrew , I'm glad that you care to post this.God bless you everyday . Anne
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