Tip to the London Economist

     For a few years I read the Economist, but got tired of the incessant libertarianism.  Sure, they had a cover story on BCCI, and don't treat their (richest of any magazine on Earth) readership like morons, but, hey, there's only so much a guy can take.     I haven't read the Economist, even once, since the Iraq War broke out.  A big "You Steaming, Stinking Idiots" shout out to Bu$hCo and Blair, available here

There is only one traffic law in Ramadi these days: when Americans approach, Iraqis scatter
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[A] hefty marine sergeant leaps into the road, levels an assault rifle at his turbanned head, and screams: "Back this bitch up, motherfucker!"
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"If anyone gets too close to us we fucking waste them," says a bullish lieutenant. "It's kind of a shame, because it means we've killed a lot of innocent people."
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[M]arines say they shoot at any Iraqi they see handling a phone near a bomb-blast
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"It gets to a point where you can't wait to see guys with guns, so you start shooting everybody...It gets to a point where you don't mind the bad stuff you do."
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[T]he marines rarely see their attackers. When fired upon, they retaliate by blitzing whichever buildings they think the fire is coming from.

     There's plenty more, just like this.  This comes mostly from a deep disrespect for Iraqi life shown by the Marines.  None of this is at all surprising to me.  I've known its been happening the whole time.  I know Marines.  I was one.