I read an article this morning from Dissidentvoice.com entitled, For Bush and McCain, Iraqis are Merely, "Ropes for America's Dirty Laundry" by Walter H. Uhler. A portion of the article read;
Bush’s prediction of victory is even more Orwellian. How can a needless war predicated upon lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and links to al Qaeda ever yield a victory? How can anyone claim victory when almost 4,000 American soldiers have been killed - and at least another 10,000 severely wounded — for a needless war?
Victory? How can a needless war yield victory when it precipitated widespread ethnic cleansing - of as many as 600,000 to 700,000 residents in Baghdad alone - caused the needless death of at least 250,000 (if not more than a million) Iraqi civilians and chased some 4.5 million Iraqis from their homes and neighborhoods?
Middle East scholar Juan Cole got it right when he observed: “I am often struck by how clueless the American public is to the vast destruction we have wrought on Iraq and its people, directly or indirectly. It strikes me as a bitter joke that four million are displaced, often facing hunger and disease, and rightwing periodicals and presidential candidates are talking about how the ’surge’ has ‘turned things around.’” The entire article can be read at; http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/01/for-bush-and-mccain-iraqis-are-merely-ropes-for-american-dirty-laundry/
Some people ask if I support our troops? I support our troops, but I don't think that the task that we currently have them involved in is in the best interest of the United States or the people of the Middle East. The people of Iraq seem to feel it's time for us to get out and let them sort out their problems on their own. We did what we claimed we wanted to do, and that was to get rid of Saddam and his threat of "weapons of mass destruction." There is no further reason to occupy their country. But President Bush won't leave. I believe he will push for a permanent base there so our troops can protect the oil needed by our country.
As I continue to ask, when is enough, enough???
Bush’s prediction of victory is even more Orwellian. How can a needless war predicated upon lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and links to al Qaeda ever yield a victory? How can anyone claim victory when almost 4,000 American soldiers have been killed - and at least another 10,000 severely wounded — for a needless war?
Victory? How can a needless war yield victory when it precipitated widespread ethnic cleansing - of as many as 600,000 to 700,000 residents in Baghdad alone - caused the needless death of at least 250,000 (if not more than a million) Iraqi civilians and chased some 4.5 million Iraqis from their homes and neighborhoods?
Middle East scholar Juan Cole got it right when he observed: “I am often struck by how clueless the American public is to the vast destruction we have wrought on Iraq and its people, directly or indirectly. It strikes me as a bitter joke that four million are displaced, often facing hunger and disease, and rightwing periodicals and presidential candidates are talking about how the ’surge’ has ‘turned things around.’” The entire article can be read at; http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/01/for-bush-and-mccain-iraqis-are-merely-ropes-for-american-dirty-laundry/
Some people ask if I support our troops? I support our troops, but I don't think that the task that we currently have them involved in is in the best interest of the United States or the people of the Middle East. The people of Iraq seem to feel it's time for us to get out and let them sort out their problems on their own. We did what we claimed we wanted to do, and that was to get rid of Saddam and his threat of "weapons of mass destruction." There is no further reason to occupy their country. But President Bush won't leave. I believe he will push for a permanent base there so our troops can protect the oil needed by our country.
As I continue to ask, when is enough, enough???
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