Could We Give Iraq to the Indians?
In this wide-ranging and, despite my better judgment, stirring roundup of final preparations, the 3rd Infantry Division's Capt. Philip Wolford unexpectedly channels Katha Pollitt:
One company commander led his troops in a Seminole war dance, and told the men to remove the American flags that fluttered from the tops of the tanks because "we will be entering Iraq as an army of liberation, not domination…so it would not be right to go in with the American flag flying."
That must be what the Seminoles were thinking when Andy Jackson rolled into Florida.
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How can we allow our troops to be lead by officers who clearly hate America? If he's not "with us" then he must be with...Good Lord!
The Third Infantry Captain's comment is only exceeded in stupidity by the previous post.
Seems to me that US troops not waving a US flag is a bad idea. The Iraqi troops might mistakenly surrender to other Iraqi troops.
I guess the general knows more than I do but it seems to me that the flags let you know that those are the guys you surrender to. I'm only half-kidding.
Geeeez...
Don't make issue were none exist.
The jesture is symbolic.
A liberator does not come in thumping his chest.
A dollar to your nail, the Iraq's are not confused as to who to surrender to.
Some have already tried, prior to the "1st Strike"
Mr. Cavanaugh;
You and many others seem to have this view that the US will basically be annexing Iraq. Can you cite a single instance of a similar event since WWI? It's also bizarre to see the anti-war side complain about annexation and lack of attention span at the same time (although the latter, at least, has a strong basis in recent history).
The Third Infantry Captain's comment is only exceeded in stupidity by the previous post.
Having plucked the low-hanging joke in the first place, I'll venture a guess that the Captain was not making this decision on his own. Any kind of decision like that is obviously coming from above.
Different situations entirely. I hate it when people like you use past injustices (which many Natives like myself still feel acutely) that are very real, and in the past, and make them cheap by making very false analogies.
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