With the Obama Administration still reveling in its “victory” in Iraq and media outlets still cheerfully reporting last week’s formal “end” to the Iraq War, another US soldier has been killed in Iraq.
The killing is a difficult one to reconcile with the narrative, as the soldier was killed when a rocket was fired at him. He was “on operations” in the Basra Province, but military officials declined to provide further details on exactly what he was doing.
But officials had been saying all along that, despite renaming the 52,000-plus US troops “non-combat” troops they would continue to go on missions that involved combat. They just wouldn’t call it combat.
Of course all we can do is speculate at this point, given the lack of information. But it seems that if he was killed in some non-combat circumstance the details would have been released immediately, if only to make the enemy look bad.
I'm not sure who is more despicable in this whole charade: O-bomb-a and his masters in the U.S. military, or the toadies and henchmen in the media who propagate their nauseating lies without criticism or question. Grotesque.
The war is over, now it is just murder.
He was killed by a 'non-combat' rocket.
Remember children; war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, combat is pacifisim.
Guess he can't be called a 'hero'. He obviously didn't die in combat either, no bonus for his family.
Jason,
Make no mistake, this war is far from "over". But in the minds of the American public, for them it never really "begun". I hate to see how this sideshow ends for the Obama White House.
Gee, I guess Antiwar will have to add a new category to its "Casualties in Iraq" count page. I suggest Antiwar use this heading: "Since War Officially Ended."
Great, with war over, another victim fell.
Jane
DAMMIT OBAMA. You said it was over. YOU LIED AGAIN!
He didn't get killed but rather was permanently reassigned to a non-corporeal duty status.
He got killed because he overslept on the "withdrawal."
If I didn't know better i would believe the pullout was a Hollywood stunt. But we place our trust in the Pentagon……right?
Five years ago I read an article in the Newsweek about the Iraqi war. An American soldier said " We are here for the gold which will appear after the Euphrati river dries out". The prophecy mentions in the Torah and Islam that a mountain of gold will appear in Iraq under the river of Euphrati. One man will be left out of 100 men from fighting. I believe this war will not end. Tukey is building a lot of dams to divert the Euphrati river then the unexpected will happen.