Surging Toward Oblivion
Incredulity at the cretin in chief's sailing into more killing for peace, proven not to work, may be changing into a rejection of this desperately unfortunate presidency. This country has had its economy blasted, its standing in the world destroyed, its pride humbled, and its sons and daughters slaughtered - so that a snivelling mental midget can make this desperate attempt to hold on for a little longer. The tragedy of such consequences may break the tolerance that the country has held to, and that would be the best possible outcome.
The announcement to come, which we have been informed by any number of advisors for days would be the worst possible, will come today.
President Bush on Wednesday will announce a plan to send about 20,000 more troops to Iraq in an effort to pacify Baghdad, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
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Sources familiar with the White House deliberations also said that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had promised Bush that he would redeploy a large number of Iraqi troops from other parts of the country to help secure Baghdad. Those Iraqi troops' main goal would be to neutralize Shiite militias loyal to influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Al-Maliki has been reluctant to move against the militias until now because al-Sadr's political support has been crucial to al-Maliki's rise to power and continuation in office.
The additional deployment would be coupled with about $1 billion in new economic aid, on top of the more than $30 billion already committed to Iraq, the White House sources said.
The administration's commitment is to a government that was scraped together, and 'the bottom of the barrel' comes to mind, only because the country turned out to vote in hopes of getting the U.S. out of their country. The Prime Minister owes his position to the 'brigade of martyrs' that carries out ethnic cleansing under his studied ignoring of their depradations. That this is supposed to change is the basis for our throwing more thousands of our troops into a travesty of a police action that has happened before and failed.
Thousands are leaving Iraq every day, and as usual, our plans do not include any provision for taking care of the refugees or assisting the surrounding countries affected by the exodus there.
The kind of government we are scaffolding in place has shown its true nature in the execution of Saddam Hussein, a brutal event that was given over at last to the exhibition of triumph at victory of the sadistic sort over a lone, helpless former enemy. Yes, Hussein was barbaric, but his executioners showed themselves to be no better.
Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that he turned down a U.S. request to delay Saddam Hussein's hanging because he wanted to show Iraqis that no deal would let the former dictator escape punishment.
"The situation in the country was shaky with many rumors about possible deals between Saddam and the government," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told reporters.
"These rumors, which were started by Saddam's defense lawyers, created tension among the people, and we felt the necessity of terminating this man who was troublesome in his life and troublesome in his death."
Hussein, 69, was hanged December 30 after being convicted for his role in a 1982 massacre in Dujail, a town north of Baghdad. (Full story)
Al-Maliki acknowledged that Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, asked him to postpone the execution by 10 days to two weeks.
"We refused because of what I described earlier: The tension in the country was high," al-Maliki said. "We didn't want to leave the door open for trouble, and we didn't want the victims' families to take to the streets in protest."
The Iraqi government seem to think that they can use the U.S. leaders' Big Lie techniques to pull the U.S. even further into their failures. This final tweak of the country's nose should illustrate for all times that we cannot continue to allow misuse of the powers of the presidency.
The world, as well as our nation, is at risk.
The announcement to come, which we have been informed by any number of advisors for days would be the worst possible, will come today.
President Bush on Wednesday will announce a plan to send about 20,000 more troops to Iraq in an effort to pacify Baghdad, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
************************************************
Sources familiar with the White House deliberations also said that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had promised Bush that he would redeploy a large number of Iraqi troops from other parts of the country to help secure Baghdad. Those Iraqi troops' main goal would be to neutralize Shiite militias loyal to influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Al-Maliki has been reluctant to move against the militias until now because al-Sadr's political support has been crucial to al-Maliki's rise to power and continuation in office.
The additional deployment would be coupled with about $1 billion in new economic aid, on top of the more than $30 billion already committed to Iraq, the White House sources said.
The administration's commitment is to a government that was scraped together, and 'the bottom of the barrel' comes to mind, only because the country turned out to vote in hopes of getting the U.S. out of their country. The Prime Minister owes his position to the 'brigade of martyrs' that carries out ethnic cleansing under his studied ignoring of their depradations. That this is supposed to change is the basis for our throwing more thousands of our troops into a travesty of a police action that has happened before and failed.
Thousands are leaving Iraq every day, and as usual, our plans do not include any provision for taking care of the refugees or assisting the surrounding countries affected by the exodus there.
The kind of government we are scaffolding in place has shown its true nature in the execution of Saddam Hussein, a brutal event that was given over at last to the exhibition of triumph at victory of the sadistic sort over a lone, helpless former enemy. Yes, Hussein was barbaric, but his executioners showed themselves to be no better.
Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that he turned down a U.S. request to delay Saddam Hussein's hanging because he wanted to show Iraqis that no deal would let the former dictator escape punishment.
"The situation in the country was shaky with many rumors about possible deals between Saddam and the government," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told reporters.
"These rumors, which were started by Saddam's defense lawyers, created tension among the people, and we felt the necessity of terminating this man who was troublesome in his life and troublesome in his death."
Hussein, 69, was hanged December 30 after being convicted for his role in a 1982 massacre in Dujail, a town north of Baghdad. (Full story)
Al-Maliki acknowledged that Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, asked him to postpone the execution by 10 days to two weeks.
"We refused because of what I described earlier: The tension in the country was high," al-Maliki said. "We didn't want to leave the door open for trouble, and we didn't want the victims' families to take to the streets in protest."
The Iraqi government seem to think that they can use the U.S. leaders' Big Lie techniques to pull the U.S. even further into their failures. This final tweak of the country's nose should illustrate for all times that we cannot continue to allow misuse of the powers of the presidency.
The world, as well as our nation, is at risk.
Labels: Cut and Run, Foreign Policy, Iraq War
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