Iraq Is Doing Great! Uh, Well, Maybe Not

Actually, this is heartbreaking for me, knowing that our servicemen and women are putting their lives on the line in a war that they had no choice in fighting. Please remember that the military is only an instrument of policy and that the ultimate power is in the civilians who direct that policy.

Given this war was entirely one of choice and not necessity (if you still doubt this, go read some other blog that sychronizes with your fascist viewpoint), please read what it is heading toward in this Newsday piece:

"I think we are really on the edge" of all-out civil war, said Noah Feldman, a New York University law professor who worked for the U.S. coalition in Iraq.

Mr. Feldman's words become even more chilling further on.

The Sunni insurgents could win the battle if they persevere long enough to sour U.S. voters, Feldman said.

He said, "There is no evidence whatsoever that they cannot win."

"No evidence whatsoever." My heart aches for our soldiers who are in this Iraqi crossfire. According to this report,

Now the 140,000-plus U.S. troops in the country are mainly "a nuisance" factor in the insurgents' overall goal of preventing the new government from consolidating.

How destructive to our image and our power have the Bushits been? Think of George's crotch-enhancing flightsuit, his helmet under his arm, mincing across the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln two years ago and standing under that "Mission Accomplished" banner. Think of him excusing his entire presidential record because "I'm a war president." Think of him standing before the White House press corps, unable to articulate a single mistake.

And now 140,000 of our best citizens are reduced to "nuisance" status in a region that we destabilized because of the ambitions and lies of a handful of extremist chickenhawks who consider the sacrifices of daughters and mothers and husbands and sons and brothers and sisters as not even worthy of mention or depiction.

This is a criminal administration, violating US and international law and decency. Bob Dole asked during his race for the White House against Clinton, "Where's the outrage?" Patriots should now be finding all the outrage they need. These motherfuckers must be stopped.