Bush Attempts to Justify Continued Slaughter in Iraq
Bush Releases Detailed Strategy Plan
Bush said the U.S. goal is for Iraqi forces to take the lead without “major foreign assistance” and he chronicled how Iraqi forces were fighting better and gaining more control of their embattled country.
And exactly which “Iraqi forces” would that be???
Why, the ones who will sell us oil at a really cheap price, of course! All other Iraqis are evil and… uh… probably terrorists. Yeah! That’s it! Any Iraqi who doesn’t recognize the United States’ divine right to unlimited cheap oil is an agent of Satan and a terrorist AND deserves to be killed. Killed dead.
“America will not abandon Iraq so long as I am commander in chief.”
Bush said that setting an artificial deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal sends a message that “America is weak and an unreliable ally” and vindicates “terrorist tactics of beheadings, suicide bombings and mass murder,” inviting new terrorist attacks on the United States.
Oh puh-leeze. I think by now the majority of people in this country understand that the people who orchestrated and carried out the 9/11 attack were NOT from Iraq and were not receiving any significant support from Iraq. The invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 or terrorism in general — despite the spin the White House has attempted to put on it. There were no “weapons of mass destruction”. Saddam wasn’t building nuclear bombs.
Honestly people, aren’t you tired of this president who insists on treating us as though we were all complete idiots? I sure am.
As for his “weak and unreliable ally” comment: Just insert the sound of me snickering in a cynical manner right here _____ . We’ve already demonstrated our weakness and unreliability to our oldest and best allies in Europe and Asia by ignoring their advice to stay out of Iraq, by denying our role in the growing global warming crisis, and by betraying their friendship in innumerable other ways.
“Failure is not an option,” the document said, citing three principal reasons: Iraq would become a safe haven for terrorists, Middle East reformers would never trust U.S. resolve again, and the ensuing tribal and sectarian chaos in Iraq would have major consequences for U.S. interests in the region.
Heh, yeah… the three principal reasons really being:
OIL OIL and OIL.
And terrorists hardly need Iraq as a safe haven. Hell, they’ve got Saudi Arabia! They’ve got Pakistan! They don’t need Iraq! Terrorists and those who fund them are already comfortably nestled into their little bungalows and big mansions in the lands of our allies in the Middle East. If we really wanted to get rid of terrorists, we’d be going door to door in Saudi Arabia. Let’s get real here, people. That IS, after all, where most of the 9/11 bombers came from.
Finally, here’s another big problem I’ve got with this whole “let’s bring democracy to Iraq” program. Democracy — while a fine form of government — is NOT the right form of government for everyone everywhere. (Again, consider our friends in Saudi Arabia. We don’t seem to be in any big rush to force them to embrace democracy.) Democracy works for us because of the ways in which our cultural and intellectual history have formed us. People in the Middle East have a different history. Not inferior. Just different. Democracy is not a one-size-fits-all product. It’s not for everyone.
This war in Iraq is a mistake. The best thing for everyone would be for us to get the hell out of there as soon as possible.
Posted by RebeccaHartong on November 30, 2005 under Uncategorized
It’s easy to speculate about democracy, victory, a unified Iraq, etc. the way Bush does, but how realistic is this?
The Kurds have and will continue to have their own country with 20% of the oil.
The Shiites also have their own country with 60% of the population and 80% of the oil.
The Sunni Arabs have 20% of the population and 0% of the oil.
The Sunni Arabs used to exploit the Kurds and the Shiites mercilessly.
The Shiites want no part of the Sunni Arabs. They do want to play nice with Iran and are doing so.
By what magic can Bush meld these antagonistic groups into a peaceful, unified, democratic Iraq?
Neither his paper nor his speech answer this question. Bush still has no credibility.
The moment we leave, there’s going to be a civil war in Iraq. Might as well cut our losses and get out. Remember Bush’s campaign promise from 2000? “We will not engage in nation-building.” Oh, wait, “September 11 changed everything.” Because, you know, Iraq had something to do with September 11. I guess September 11 changed the concept of reality, too. But you know what? The Democrats aren’t helping. Why is no one making any moves to impeach Bush? If there’s evidence that Bush knew Iraq had nothing to do with September 11, but used September 11 to lead the U.S. to war in Iraq, how is that NOT an impeachable offense? Oh, wait. Pardon me again. Saddam Hussein doesn’t own any blue dresses.