There seems to be a determined effort underway to cast Shi’ites in Iraq as barbaric torturers and to blame Iraqis alone for the failure to restore Iraq’s infrastructure even enough to provide basic services.<\/p>\n
Selective reasoning doesn’t begin to explain those who support extrajudicial rendition and torture when carried out by the U.S. then point fingers. Nor does it explain how empowering a minority to displace an elected government is respecting sovereignty and the principles of democracy. Spengler<\/a> views the current chaos as a job well done then advises the U.S. on how best to secure a foothold in the country. <\/p>\n Charlie Cray, director of The Center for Corporate Policy, explains<\/a> why Americans should say no to Bush’s request “for another $72.4 billion for the Iraq war and occupation<\/a>.” Sort of. He seems to be saying okay to financing if proper controls are put into place. <\/p>\n The financing of the occupation doesn’t need oversight, the occupation needs to end. Why the Iraqis have yet to organise and demand it is a mystery that I’m guessing has something to do with those bricks of money being tossed about in the Green Zone. But that’s not corruption, right?<\/p>\n Bush spending is out of control and the neoliberals have revamped Kerry’s bigger, meaner, more war policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iraqis will eventually get their country back. The occupation and whatever shape it assumes over the years will fail<\/a> to install a U.S. puppet government that can rule legitimately or in peace.<\/p>\n As a senior intelligence aid to former Coalition Provisional Authority administrator L Paul Bremer explained to a colleague of mine when asked about why US forces failed to rebuild in years what it took Saddam Hussein to do in months after the first Gulf War in 1981, “There’s an old Arab proverb: If you starve a dog he’ll follow you anywhere.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not if you fall dead from starvation before he does. Then he’ll have supper. <\/p>\n Not one more death. Not one more dollar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There seems to be a determined effort underway to cast Shi’ites in Iraq as barbaric torturers and to blame Iraqis alone for the failure to restore Iraq’s infrastructure even enough to provide basic services. Selective reasoning doesn’t begin to explain … Continue reading