Lets have a moment of silence for Phillip................................................................................................................................................................................
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O.K...while it's a tragedy for any loss of life in this illegal war, why is this one all over the fucking national news? Sure, we all see local reports of the slaughter as it effects our individual communities. But this just smacks of...Oh I don't know...How about a cry of "See??!! It's not just the poor kids that are getting killed over there in our attempt to bring freedom and democracy to a bunch of people who don't want it, so get over it already you Cindy Sheehan types!!!" generated by those assholes in DC.
So lets see...Out of the 2580 americans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, we got that football player, Tilman...who, it turned out was killed by friendly fire and this nephew of a Montana senator.
So that leaves 2577 relegated to local coverage ( Cindy's kid doesn't count in this case because of her relentless persuit of the truth...You go Cindy ).
Phillips tragic demise and the resultant coverage is propaganda, plain and simple. Bushco attempting to capitalize on the death of someone "important", no, even worse, the death of someone related to someone important to manipulate the hearts and minds of people who might or might not vote them out in November.
I'm not impressed that a senators nephew was killed in combat, nor would I be impressed if it was a child or a relative of the key players in the Bush Crime Family. These casualties are tragic regardless of station. But the capitalizing on Phillips death in the mainstream press is unconsionable and further illustrates how low these assholes are willing to sink.
I am reminded of a pivotal scene in the film "Hamburger Hill", where Doc ( a black medic ) is having basically his last words with the sargeant ( a white guy ) , and Doc says through a morphine haze, " It's OK bro...We're...All...Niggers up on that hill".
And my point in regard to that quote is, there's a world of difference between the "people" perpetrating this war and the people who are fighting it. Godspeed to you Phillip, and the 2579 that proceeded you in a senseless death in a scarey place far away from home.
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