Saturday, May 01, 2004
The Meaning of "Mission Accomplished!"
President Bush is going through a celebratory anniversary delusion that is on par with Iraq's ex-Minister of Information's altered reality of a year ago.
If you recall, back in early April of 2003, Iraq's information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Shahaf repeatedly presented proud statements to any media source listening, that the US forces, undeniably in control of Baghdad at the time, were, in fact, non-existent. His ongoing predictions of an Iraqi victory were described as bizarre and outlandish, because everybody could see the US military forces advancing through the city.
Another very apparent characteristic of US forces in Iraq is the frequency at which they are becoming casulaties of the war. Our most deadly months there have been the most recent months. Four times as many US soldiers have died since Bush declared a triumphant end to major combat in Iraq than prior to the declaration.
How does Bush spin this anomaly? Clearly the misson has not quite been accomplished, however, you won't hear him saying that. His response? "As a result, there are no longer torture chambers or rape rooms or mass graves in Iraq. As a result, a friend of terror has been removed and now sits in jail.''
How many corpses of US soldiers and Iraqi people are required to formally call their collective grave "massive"? 10,000 Iraqi civilians have already died from the war.
Recent pictures passed around by US soliders also show how abuse of captives has not been eliminated by the war either.
However, we do have Saddan Hussein in custody, and under constant interrogation. It is surprising how elusive the hidden weapons of mass destruction remain. America has to come to the sobering realization that, if we haven't located them as of yet, we will never locate them all. Even finding a small arsenal at this point is nearly meaningless- if there ever did exist a tiny portion of the weapons we accused Iraq of having, they are now completely out of the hands of Iraqi soldiers, out of any control of the US soldiers, and...
President Bush is going through a celebratory anniversary delusion that is on par with Iraq's ex-Minister of Information's altered reality of a year ago.
If you recall, back in early April of 2003, Iraq's information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Shahaf repeatedly presented proud statements to any media source listening, that the US forces, undeniably in control of Baghdad at the time, were, in fact, non-existent. His ongoing predictions of an Iraqi victory were described as bizarre and outlandish, because everybody could see the US military forces advancing through the city.
Another very apparent characteristic of US forces in Iraq is the frequency at which they are becoming casulaties of the war. Our most deadly months there have been the most recent months. Four times as many US soldiers have died since Bush declared a triumphant end to major combat in Iraq than prior to the declaration.
How does Bush spin this anomaly? Clearly the misson has not quite been accomplished, however, you won't hear him saying that. His response? "As a result, there are no longer torture chambers or rape rooms or mass graves in Iraq. As a result, a friend of terror has been removed and now sits in jail.''
How many corpses of US soldiers and Iraqi people are required to formally call their collective grave "massive"? 10,000 Iraqi civilians have already died from the war.
Recent pictures passed around by US soliders also show how abuse of captives has not been eliminated by the war either.
However, we do have Saddan Hussein in custody, and under constant interrogation. It is surprising how elusive the hidden weapons of mass destruction remain. America has to come to the sobering realization that, if we haven't located them as of yet, we will never locate them all. Even finding a small arsenal at this point is nearly meaningless- if there ever did exist a tiny portion of the weapons we accused Iraq of having, they are now completely out of the hands of Iraqi soldiers, out of any control of the US soldiers, and...
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