Seriously?!
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Straight from the "proof that the press will find something negative to say about ANY development in Iraq" department is this, courtesy of the ever-professional McClatchy bureau in Baghdad (yes, they're "in Baghdad"; no, all journalism which technically takes place in a combat zone is not created equal):
As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch
Of course, this is satire, no? A joke? The result of somebody needing to make a deadline and having absolutely nothing to say?
No, my friends - sadly, this is serious, like the Reuters "reporters" who in 2005, faced with having to report how comparatively low the U.S. death toll was, lamented that modern medical care and technology, better body armor, and better-trained battlefield medics made it possible to save thousands of wounded soldiers whose lives would have been lost in previous wars because they would have to live with the results of their wounds (including prosthetics and, in some cases, partial paralysis) rather than being "mercifully" allowed to die in the middle of the godforsaken Iraqi desert.
In this case, the McClatchy writers lament the lowered death toll in Iraq, saying:
A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al Salam cemetery here by at least one-third in the past six months, and that's cut the pay of thousands of workers who make their living digging graves, washing corpses or selling burial shrouds.
And, from the closely-related "we liberal journos think that all foreigners - especially Arabs - are animals" category, here's the article's closing quote:
"Certainly, when the number of dead increases I feel happy, like all workers in the graveyard," said Basim Hameed , 30, a body washer. "This happiness comes from the increase in the amount of money we have." ..."My job demands death, and this is our fate, all of us."
What's next? "An increase in security and citizen vigilance has caused terrorists to fall on hard times"?
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I will tell you what's next. Perhaps we can sell them more cigarettes or open a few McDonalds to increase their trans-fat intake and help support long term job prospects? Would that make McClatchy happy?
Aren't these the clowns that came here and splashed their contra intellectualism and ad hominems across the page? Why would anyone believe they had something useful or relevant to say? Honestly, I wouldn't even wrap fish in this nonsense. Stupidity is contagious.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
Contributor to The Minority Report
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men."
the link to verify. Sorry, but even for these loons this was a stretch difficult to believe.
I suppose McClatchy soon will report the decrease in war-related deaths and injuries has led to more domestic violence in and around Ramadi as more men deprived of channels to vent their rage beat their wives for relief.
Unfreakingbelievable.
I'd expect for this.
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Just think after years, of Saddam, followed by years at war. These poor people will have to find another way of making a living.
Oh, he forgot to mention the years under Saddam.
I think this poor guy just cant find anything else to say, after all if he reports the true this employers will probably make him a reservation with Basim Hameed and his coworkers.
Steven Ashley
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this keeps up they'll have nobody to wash but themselves.
If you're a liberal every cloud has a dark lining, terrible news, just terrible. They can hold out hope for a economic depression or New Orleans sinking beneath the waves.
But if you're a ghoul the decrease in death is hard to replace.
"a man's admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him". Tocqueville