Not that anyone’s asking me, but it seems that there is a valid strategy to engage a rational dialogue about Iraq. President Bush and his ensemble took us to Iraq on the public grounds that Saddam Hussein was dangerous to America because he had Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Bombs and Chemical/Biological Weaponry, and was allied with al Qaeda and Terrorists. More privately, the BushCo Neoconservatives had long advocated Regime Change in Iraq. Whatever the reason we went, we quickly dispensed with Saddam Hussein’s Regime and proved beyond any doubt that Iraq was neiother a danger to us because of their weaponry [they had none] or their Terrorist Alliances [they had none].
Now, we’re doing something else – something that has nothing to do with the reasons we went. Iraq is involved in a complex Civil War that involves ethnic groups and Religious groups that are not unifying in a democratic environment – a democratic environment we imposed. As I’ve argued below, we are fighting in our Third Gulf War. President Bush and his associates try to tell us that this is the same war we went there to fight. That is not true. We have completed both his public and private agenda items. His behavior recently suggests that he had yet another set of agendae – a permanent presence in Iraq, imposing our form of government on a country where it won’t work, making his original invasion look like it was a good idea [which it wasn’t], American Oil interests in the Middle East, a Military confrontation with Iran, to mention a few. But what’s happening in Iraq now is an ethno-sectarian Civil War, one long supressed by Hussein.
The Third Gulf War
[Iraq Civil War]
The Third Gulf War
[Bush/Cheney Oil War]
I’m feeling a little down about the current situation this week. The Democrats have to do better than their doing. Having 22 Senators vote with Republicans to condemn a paid ad in the paper is lame in my mind. They need to get real and stop acting so juvenile. I would like to direct you to a wonderful piece in Salon.com about how Bush feels about himself and how history will judge him by Sidney Blumenthal titled “Bush’s Stairway to Paradise.’ He quotes Bush’s authorized biographer Mr. Draper quite a bit. The relatively new chief of staff at the WH Josh Bolten is said to greet Bush every morning by saying something like thank you for the privilege of working for you. I personally think the guy needs help. I also wanted to comment on your graphs and your New War in Iraq statement. I don’t know how you can wrap your brain in all the graphs etc. I find it much to tedious but I certainly give you credit for your time and effort. As far as the New War in Iraq, I don’t think so. Bush still thinks we found WMDs in Iraq. We are really in trouble with this guy.( I wanted to use moron but I didn’t think it was a nice thing to say)
Thanks for pointing to Blumenthal. He’s always on target. I love these lines, “Bush grasps at the straws of his own disinformation as he casts himself deeper into the abyss. The more profound and compounded his blunders, and the more he redoubles his certainty in ultimate victory, the greater his indifference to failure. He has entered a phase of decadent perversity, where he accelerates his errors to vindicate his folly. As the sands of time run down, he has decided that no matter what he does, history will finally judge him as heroic.”
My son is a 20 year old US Marine and is getting ready to deploy to Iraq. The US Military Death Toll Is Now 3,800. I sure wish congress would stop funding this war. The war has been over and we need to BRING THE REST OF OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!. All I have to say is that on Judgement Day Mr. Bush will be accountable for all these deaths that should have never been, and now that our congress approved funding the war they are to blame as well. Will my son’s life be taken for their selfishness and greed?