We are Fools
Iraq is worse than Vietnam, because it came about as a war of choice and the deception and incompetence of our leadership has been much greater.
The only reason the war in Iraq is part of the war on terror is because we created more terrorists, when we invaded Iraq. The central part of the war on terror is in Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan or going after al Qaeda in some 60 countries.
According to the Bush regime the mission in Iraq is preventing chaos and allowing the political fiction of an Iraqi government to survive. Actually, we have created and will continue to create the very chaos our military is expected to prevent. For five years, the Bush regime has been dead wrong. Increasing the numbers of troops is not going to work, because a political solution, not a military solution is required.
Very few people in the military or in politics have been held accountable for what has gone wrong in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld was replaced after the American people spoke in the last election, but up and down the chain of command, few people have been held accountable. They weren’t held accountable for Abu Ghraib nor Guantanamo, because the Bush regime fundamentally snubs its nose at accountability. They just ignore it and the media backs off and moves on to the next story, whether it’s the death of Anna Nicole Smith or Paris Hilton going to jail. The public allows itself to constantly be distracted by something that is obviously of far less consequence.
American troop should not be killed or maimed in Iraq because of the procrastination on the part of Iraqi politicians to compromise. In Baghdad, President Maliki and the Iraqi parliament are playing the United States of America for a bunch of fools. Congress must give Maliki a public ultimatum that he either demonstrate leadership within a specific limit of time or the United States is not going to continue to support his government. We must make it clear that either Maliki fires the people, who are unwilling to be part of the reconciliation and put in people who will compromise, or we are going to abandon Iraq. All of the talk about benchmarks is silly nonsense and a tactic to delay withdrawal of our troops by the Bush regime.
The only reason the war in Iraq is part of the war on terror is because we created more terrorists, when we invaded Iraq. The central part of the war on terror is in Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan or going after al Qaeda in some 60 countries.
According to the Bush regime the mission in Iraq is preventing chaos and allowing the political fiction of an Iraqi government to survive. Actually, we have created and will continue to create the very chaos our military is expected to prevent. For five years, the Bush regime has been dead wrong. Increasing the numbers of troops is not going to work, because a political solution, not a military solution is required.
Very few people in the military or in politics have been held accountable for what has gone wrong in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld was replaced after the American people spoke in the last election, but up and down the chain of command, few people have been held accountable. They weren’t held accountable for Abu Ghraib nor Guantanamo, because the Bush regime fundamentally snubs its nose at accountability. They just ignore it and the media backs off and moves on to the next story, whether it’s the death of Anna Nicole Smith or Paris Hilton going to jail. The public allows itself to constantly be distracted by something that is obviously of far less consequence.
American troop should not be killed or maimed in Iraq because of the procrastination on the part of Iraqi politicians to compromise. In Baghdad, President Maliki and the Iraqi parliament are playing the United States of America for a bunch of fools. Congress must give Maliki a public ultimatum that he either demonstrate leadership within a specific limit of time or the United States is not going to continue to support his government. We must make it clear that either Maliki fires the people, who are unwilling to be part of the reconciliation and put in people who will compromise, or we are going to abandon Iraq. All of the talk about benchmarks is silly nonsense and a tactic to delay withdrawal of our troops by the Bush regime.
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