This just in: Iraq on Brink of Civil War. Wrong. Iraq's already in the middle of a civil war. It's routine for dozens of civilians to die in a single days violence. Only the most amoral and cynical of politicians can call this "peace" or "progress"- it's been a failure on every level.
The only "sucess" -the one single accomplishment of this whole disaster - was the removal of Saddam Hussien from power.
That was a bad move. Saddam, our former ally and CIA moonlighter, was the only force holding Iraq together. He kept al-Queda and the Sadrists outside the country and supressed within it, respectively.
How many more must die every day before we call a war a war? 100 more? 500more? 5,000?
How many Americans died in battle at the start of our Civil War? None.
How Iraqis died today? No one's sure. They're still counting the bodies.
The guys quoted here were correct. Now we must deal with the consequences of our abandonment of Constitution and Country in favor of the Gods of Business.
A very few have become incomprehensibly wealthy from the suffering of the many. This is exactly what Bush meant when he uttered the one true statement of his entire stolen reign:
Mission Accomplished.
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