True or False: Iraq is under occupation.
Iraq VP Asks Bush For Withdrawal Timetable
Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi made the request during a meeting with President Bush Tuesday. In a statement, President Jalal Talabani said he supported Hashimi’s demand. The Bush administration has firmly rejected calls for a timetable for withdrawal.
True or False: Iraq will attain sovereignty some day:
Author of the forthcoming book “Strategic Terror: The Politics and Ethics of Aerial Bombardment,” Grosscup said today: “The Bush strategy for victory is about to begin. U.S. and Iraqi forces have surrounded the city of Ramadi. Food and water have been cut off. Next is the ‘Shock and Awe’ strategic bombing of the city, to be followed by ‘mop-up’ operations: ground troops, snipers and aerial ‘support.’
“It is the hallowed ‘Fallujah’ model, intended to bring ‘stability’ by flattening the city with civilian death and destruction. It is a ‘clean’ way to victory, one supported by Representative Jack Murtha, who would withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq but continue to engage the ‘enemy’ from far away and from 15,000 to 30,000 feet above with air power. By October 2004, this ‘clean war’ had killed close to 100,000 Iraqi civilians and thousands more since. But, as any enthusiast of strategic bombing would say, it is the price of victory and somebody has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Terror from the skies, anyone?”