Slog - Comments on Ft. Lewis's Hometown Paper, The Olympian, Comes Out Against the "Ill-Conceived War" in Iraq

Comment by Linda

Linda — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:16:34 -0800

We seen too many of them killed, the war is bad.

Comment by Gud Amerikan

Gud Amerikan — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:05 -0800

Well, everyone knows that the liberal media hates the war. Probably a bunch of pot smoking 'greeners on the staff there.

Comment by Toby

Toby — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:16:35 -0800

It isn't just the "liberal media". People all over the place, some of them Republicans, view the war as a mistake.

To dismiss everything that contradicts your world view as propaganda, is to have a closed mind.

Comment by olywa

olywa — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:01:22 -0800

The Olympian is "Ft. Lewis's Hometown Paper"? Really Josh, get a clue. That would be the Tribune.

Comment by Original Andrew

Original Andrew — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:10:32 -0800

Why are communist traitors who hate AmeriKKKa running a newspaper?

Comment by seattle98104

seattle98104 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:00 -0800

@3, grab a dictionary look up sarcasm and satire.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:45 -0800

Having grown up in Lacey/Olympia/Tumwater and having driven many times past Ft. Lewis and McChord AFB on my way to Seattle, and can say that they feel closer to Tacoma than Olympia. (Though Lacey is close enough to Ft. Lewis to hear artillery practice.)

Comment by maxsolomon

maxsolomon — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:36:27 -0800

yippee skippee. bush doesn't give 2 shits about any newspaper opinion except the WSJ - this is about securing iraq's oil for american's mouth breathing wage slaves to waste in their jet skis & leaf blowers.

we're going to occupy that POS country until its sucked dry. they're sitting on 30 years of our oil. that's how long we're staying.

Comment by Toby

Toby — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:39:46 -0800

Sometimes its hard to tell sarcasm from genuine opinion. If I knew the poster, maybe I'd know it was sarcasm.

Comment by seattle98104

seattle98104 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:52:11 -0800

@9 did you read his handle?

Comment by t-town

t-town — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:55:30 -0800

Yeah, Ft. Lewis is more Tacoma than Olympia.

Comment by barf

barf — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:47:08 -0800

I guess Josh doesn't get out of Seattle much. The Olympian is as much Ft. Lewis' hometown paper as the Everett Herald is Seattle's hometown paper.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:18:00 -0800

It's like saying Enumclaw is a suburb of Seattle.

Comment by GL

GL — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:22:44 -0800

Seriously. Have you been to Ft. Lewis? It's a News Tribune town. And the News Tribune is decidedly more conservative. The Olympian serves Olympia. Hence the name.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:31:14 -0800

I'm guessing GWB doesn't read the News Tribune OR the Olympian.

Besides, the preznit doesn't care. He's just running out the clock so he can say it's failure was someone else's lack of follow-through. "We were close to winning but then I left office and new President (whoever wins) withdrew the troops and lost the war." etc.

He's a liar, a crook, and a coward.

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:36:51 -0800

He's just running out the clock so he can say it's failure was someone else's lack of follow-through.

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I know! We can help him with that by speeding up the clock! ITMFACF!

Comment by Toby

Toby — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:48:31 -0800

@10

Yup. Trust me, I've seen handles like that with heartfelt comments of that sort -- on other blogs. I'm new here. Please don't thump me too hard.

Comment by Awful Troll

Awful Troll — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:05:05 -0800

"SAY YES TO WAR!" Dan Savage in The Stranger Oct. 2002

Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?
Michael Schwartz, After Downing Street
War on Iraq: 300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day sounds like an impossible figure, but a close look at the reported numbers of violent deaths and rate of armed patrols makes it all too likely.