{"id":954,"date":"2005-06-30T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2005-06-30T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=954"},"modified":"2005-06-30T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2005-06-30T16:16:22","slug":"pity-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Pity Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least since the 1880s<\/a>, American politicians have been beguiled by the prospect of creating fiefdoms abroad indentured to oligarchies<\/a> at home, and no administration since has won election that did not adhere to the pursuit of American empire<\/a>. All of these administrations have deployed deception to gain popular support for these “advances”, tolerated and\/or created many a totalitarian regime abroad, exported the means of terror and funded homegrown versions in foreign lands, likewise the repression<\/a> of dissent here and elsewhere, and the excuse has always been the alternative would be much worse. In his speech Tuesday night, Bush kept that tradition alive, but his administration has so little respect for the intelligence of its subjects it trotted out old stalking horses rather than design fresh disinformation. The absolute contempt the government harbours for the “unwashed masses<\/a>” has slowly advanced from the arena of speculative debate into the realm of spurious indictment but citisens waking up to its cold reality are adrift, compromised by an “opposition<\/a>” party complicit<\/a> in the crimes it claims to be exposing, whose best effort to date is corrupted<\/a> by partisan interests and shackling to the very course Bush and nearly every administration before his has been chained. Americans who agree with Bush that there is no higher calling than military service forsake religion for the power makes right theory, blind to the draining of that strength and open to all worst case scenarios of its overreaching projection. To quote Bush, there is “no limit to the number of innocent lives they are willing to take” in the completion of this mission to command a global genuflection to America’s might.<\/p>\n

American ballyhooing that Iraq is a terrorist battleground sparing it a fight on its own soil is the height of cowardice. When did Iraq ever agree to serve the United States in such a capacity? If in fact America takes pride in freeing Iraqis from the grips of tyranny, what stretch of the imagination excuses enveloping the country in a fight that was never theirs<\/a>? Without a doubt America is the magnet drawing terrorists to it and so long as the United States imposes that burden upon Iraq it does not deserve praise for its liberation.<\/p>\n

Bush said he sees the images of violence and bloodshed all of America sees. “Shocking images of Fallujah ambush fill US airwaves<\/a>” America saw, the destruction of Fallujah<\/a> ordered in retaliation<\/a> it did not. America was allowed to see Saddam in his underwear, but not a one to prove the “success” of Operation Matador<\/a>, or the carnage of Al-Qaem.<\/p>\n

“maybe there was a party, for evil people also hold parties<\/a>” <\/p>\n

On Monday 5\/24\/2004, something happened that was not taken into consideration by the empire. A video tape that showed what happened in the Iraqi village on that day.<\/p>\n

It was a real wedding … a bride and a groom, relatives and guests, musicians and dancers, nice dresses for the occasion … as usual, one of the relatives taped the party. After the U.S. raid that killed 45 people, the photographer died, but the video tape remained. On that day of the empire’s life, Arab and foreign TV stations broadcasted the video, which revealed to the world the whole truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did America see these images so it too could know the truth? Do Americans ever see how dearly Iraqis suffer at the hands of their liberators in the name of America’s security? Where can images of Iraq’s freedom be found? At construction sites for permanent military bases, inside the Green Zone, does Operation Spear<\/a> have a view to spare<\/a>?<\/p>\n

“People started to go back trying to get what is left from their destroyed homes. Based on information from our volunteers inside the village, near 40 percent of the village buildings have been partially or totally destroyed,” Mazeen Saloon, general secretary of the IRCS, said.<\/p>\n

The offensive, named “Operation Spear”, was designed to root out insurgent strongholds. According to US forces, about 90 insurgents were killed and others detained for interrogation and they are calling the operation a complete success.<\/p>\n

The IRCS reported 65 deaths and 85 injured as a result of the conflict, mainly civilians. But the bodies of many residents lie under the debris and rubble and their deaths have not been recorded, according to local officials.<\/p>\n

“It is complicated to get exactly numbers of dead and injured because many people have already been buried and the hospital does not give the right number,” Sallon explained.<\/p>\n

Utility services have been destroyed and now thousands of families are without power, clean water or sewage according to local officials.<\/p>\n

“My husband was killed in the battle and I returned back to my house and found it dirty, without water and electricity. My two children are sick because of the dirty water and my baby is without milk and I don’t have anywhere to go to search for help,” Yasmin Rawi, a Karabila resident, told IRIN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bush was right that al Qaeda failed to break the coalition. The United States deserves all credit for accomplishing that mission. By what authourity is the U.S. building jail<\/a> after jail<\/a>, rounding up prisoners to fill them? The current government it says represents all of Iraq’s diverse population? Who vetted that remark? The same liar who passed Saudi Arabia and Egypt have been inspired by events in Iraq and Libya gave up<\/a> its nuclear ambitions<\/a> for the same reason<\/a>?<\/p>\n

3 new steps: 1.) coalition\/Iraqi soldiering partnership 2.) embedding coalition teams within Iraqi units 3.) Iraqi ministries embedded with civilian and military advisors.<\/p>\n

Sounds like death squads<\/a> and government corruption<\/a> to me. <\/p>\n

Fly the flag, break out the grill, send letters to soldiers who are blowing<\/a> their own brains out<\/a>. Tell them why they must remain in Iraq indefinitely. Bush couldn’t manage it. The Democrats can’t do it. Someone should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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