October 10, 2007
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The “Increasingly Few” & Proud
Update: I got this message on my myspace today. It’s nice to hear this come from a real Marine. Again, it’s comforting to know that people like Jimmy are out there trying to preserve our way of life. God love him!
From: 
Jimmy Shea
myspace.com/jimmydshea
Date: Oct 10, 2007 5:24 AM Subject: RE: War Carey, I am also completely against the war…I know that might sound hypocritical, but joining the Marine Corps had nothing to do with the war. Thank you for all your compliments, although I don’t see my videos as anything more than me trying to make my siblings back at home laugh, maybe someday something a little bit bigger will come out of it. Either way, I’m happy.
It’s people like you, who support the troops despite how they feel about the war, who keep us going.
Thank you.
Jimmy Shea
After reading about Britain’s recent troop withdrawals and watching Jimmy’s YouTube videos from Okinawa, especially the one below in which he answers a few of the questions I wrote about several months ago, I’m reposting portions of an entry from last spring. It’s nice to know that we have Marines like Jimmy Shea fighting for the rights that even now I feel are slipping through our fingers. –Carey391 days until the 2008 election!!
(564,403 minutes…how do you measure a year + of Bush?)
Ruin seize thee ruthless King!
Confusion on thy banners wait
Though fanned by conquest’s crimson wing
They mock the air with idle state.– Thomas Gray, The Bard
“Betrayed Bush Said to be Seething Over Britain’s Iraq Troop Withdrawal” Read more…
The “Coalition” continues to erode – including Iceland’s 2 troops (one female) that have since been withdrawn. (Source: Wikipedia).The numbers are telling:
United States: 250,000 invasion–168,000 current (9/07) 
United Kingdom: 45,000 invasion–5,250 current (10/07) 
Poland: 194 invasion–2,500 peak–900 current (2/07) 
Australia: 2,000 invasion–638 current (2/07)
TOTAL INVASION DEPLOYMENT, REGULAR TROOPS
297,494
South Korea: 3,600 peak – 1,200 current (5/07; deployed 5/03) 
Romania: 730 peak – 405 current (5/07; deployed 7/03) 
El Salvador: 380 peak – 300 current (8/07; deployed 08/03) 
Czech Republic: 300 peak–89 current (5/07) 
Azerbaijan: 250 troops (2/07) 
Georgia: 2,000 troops (10/07) 
Denmark: 545 peak – 55 current (9/07, deployed 04/03) 
Mongolia: 180 peak–100 current (2/07; deployed 8/03) 
Albania: 120 troops (2/07) 
Armenia: 46 current (2/07; deployed 1/05) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 36 troops (2/07; deployed 6/05) 
Estonia: 35 current (2/07; deployed 6/05) 
Macedonia: 33 troops (2/07; deployed 7/03) 
Kazakhstan: 29 troops (2/07; deployed 9/03) 
Moldova: 24 peak–12 current (2/07; deployed 9/03) 
Bulgaria: 485 peak–155 current (2/07; deployed 5/03)
TOTAL CURRENT DEPLOYMENT AS OF AUGUST 2007
177,953 Regular Troops
~182,000 Private military contractors (118,000 Iraqi, 43,000 Other, 21,000 US)NATO Training Mission – Iraq
Countries involved with the NATO training mission, NATO NTM-I
Latvia: 136 peak–(deployed 4/04 – withdrawn 08/07) 
Lithuania: 120 peak (withdrawn 08/07) 
Slovakia: 110 peak (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 01/07) 
Italy: 3,200 peak (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 11/06) 
Ukraine: 1,650 troops (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 12/05) 
Netherlands: 1,345 troops (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 3/05) 
Spain: 1,300 troops (deployed 4/03 – withdrawn 4/04) 
Japan: 600 troops (deployed 1/04 – withdrawn 7/06) 
Thailand: 423 troops (deployed 8/03 – withdrawn 8/04) 
Honduras: 368 troops (deployed 08/03 – withdrawn 5/04) 
Dominican Republic: 302 troops (withdrawn 5/04) 
Hungary: 300 troops (deployed 08/03 – withdrawn 3/05) 
Nicaragua: 230 troops (deployed 09/03 – withdrawn 2/04) 
Singapore: 192 troops (deployed 12/03 – withdrawn 3/05) 
Norway: 150 troops (withdrawn 8/06) 
Portugal: 128 troops (deployed 11/03 – withdrawn 2/05) 
New Zealand: 61 troops (deployed 9/03 – withdrawn 9/04) 
Philippines: 51 troops (deployed 7/03 – withdrawn 7/04) 
Tonga: 45 troops (deployed 7/04 – withdrawn 12/04) 
Iceland: 2 troops (deployed 5/03 – withdrawn date unknown)
I’m not a big fan of the traditional news outlets by any stretch, but for a truly excellent overview of the regional powerplay in the Middle East, take a look at this. So many Americans are ignorant to the centuries of conflict and geopolitical strife in that region. Yes, for Bush & Cheney it’s about oil, but for the millions of citizens of the Middle East, it’s about geography (and sadly, religion, but that’s another topic). If you don’t understand a Sunni from a Shiite, take a look at this presentation. Click to begin:
Haditha - Not easy to read, but important.
The Resistance in Iraq is now filling their improvised explosive devices (IED’s) with human feces so that if our soldiers don’t die in the explosion they will die from infection. Who did they learn this from? Ask Donald Rumsfeld. It is so clear that we are not wanted there…by ANYONE, Shiites, Kurds or Sunnis.
TALES OF UROLAGNIA AND COPROPHILIA
Malcom Lagauche
Don’t let the words of the title confuse you. They are the technical terms for an affinity for human urine and feces. I’m not talking about the practices as sexual fetishes of some people but as weapons in U.S. military operations.Currently, a court case is being held at Camp Pendleton in California that concerns the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The incident was buried in officialdom until a U.S. Marine came forward to challenge the party line that the dead were resistance fighters. All were innocent civilians.
Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz, who took part in the bloody massacre, has been granted immunity for his testifying as a prosecution witness. According to a Reuters report, “Marine Says Urinated on Dead Iraqi at Haditha, “published on May 10, 2007: Read More…
The Terrible Killings in Haditha – The Few, The Shamed, The Marines
I just don’t know what to make of this interview, but I think every serviceman in Iraq or Afghanistan should see it. And for those of us here, (especially the 110 pound soccer moms driving their 6 year old kids to school in a 3 ton, $45,000 Ford Expedition that gets14 mpg), it’s a rude awakening (and we wonder why they hate us so much!?). These ”soldiers” are children playing war games. Many of them are 18 or 19 with only a GED. One of the most frequently asked questions on the Marine Corp. website is “How far will I have to run?”. This is George W. Bush’s dirty little secret (well, one of them). My first reaction to the brutal slaying of innocent women and children is that this “soldier of misfortune” should be in prison for the rest of his life for his bloodthirsty rampage. Though when you watch the interview (Scott Pelley did an excellent job I thought), you can practically see this soldier’s demons haunting him, as I’m sure they will forever. The question then however, is who’s responsible? Obviously as the battalion leader he was responsible for ordering his men to “shoot first, ask questions later”.
But why was he a battalion leader if he had never seen combat? Though he had been in the Marines for years, he asked to go back to active duty,because, he wanted to see combat (??). The men under him had combat experience while he had none. So where does the ultimate blame lie? The Marines who train these kids, many of whom can’t get into college or find a decent job? The September11th hijackers? (We all now know, that Iraq played no part in that!). Donald Rumsfeld? George Bush? I think Bush’s reaction to this massacre in the interview is absurd (what else is new?). He has more blood on his hands than anyone in this “nation destroying war” (ours and theirs). When will it end?? Will we even make it to November 4, 2008??
This 2005 family photo provided by attorney Mark S. Zaid shows Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn. Staff Sgt. Wuterich, a Marine Corps squad leader, was charged with murdering 12 people and ordering Marines under his command to kill others during an incident that left 24 civilians dead in the Iraqi town of Haditha in 2005. (CBS)
“He fired and killed everybody. The American fired and killed everybody.”
“I have Karl Rove’s emails”
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Longest entry,but best. Great xanga you got here.
Thanks Jimmy, and as I said in the first paragraph, thanks for all that you do. I know that your videos are inspiring to many.
I read it, but didnt really go to any of the links. In part because I am really political in life, and know a lot (I think?!?) about this so called war. I have been faooling Amy Goodman and Democracy Now for a while now but have also been streaming Algazier(spelling) now that its up and on the net, and as far as I can tell, American News is at at it’s worce at the moment as far as getting what is really going on. I am not supprised though. I meen DUHH!! HOW many times do I have to hear Hillery C. tell us she could have had a baby since the campain started. *sighs deeply* rambling here I suppose…….good post!!
B~
A few bad apples spoil the lot…
I saw Babel and I completely agree it’s totally worth the time!
ryc: thanks for liking my food pics, the restaurants are all located in the west side too. Highly recommended!
nice long entry.
gotta love the japanese exercise/engrish lessons haha
ryc: Oh, the spider tale is totally true too…I was so grossed out!!
Base of Law of attraction, instead of talking about the war, why don’t talk about the peace? It’s just an idea ..LOL
and those two video is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. My mouth was o-like while I was watching ……
Oy! i’m in the AF, but i’ve been working mostly with computers so i haven’t had much opportunity to get deployed out there. i can’t really say i’m for or against the war. There’s just so much propoganda from both sides, it’s hard to see the facts. Wars are just ugly. And i think there’s so much blame to be spread it’d take years to sort out the mess.
Anyway, the exercise video had me cracking up and then the parody was even funnier because of the Korean spin on it…. Oh, and i actually liked Babel more than Crash. i think Crash tried too hard, but Babel seemed a bit slow overall.
lol, the jpnese video!!!! crazy!!! yah i am going off again…brb!! long entry again…. =)
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