During a surprise visit to Iraq two weeks ago, Obama revealed the full extent of his hypocritical double-cross of everyone who voted for him by embracing Bush's war in a spasm of adolescent enthusiasm. Yes, it's true; our new president digs this war.
"From getting rid of Saddam, to reducing violence, to stabilizing the country, to facilitating elections -- you have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement," Obama said as he addressed US troops in Baghdad. I couldn't believe he actually used the "d" word, thus taking ownership of a war launched by swinish criminals six years ago on the basis of stinking lies and crude fabrications.
And about 45 minutes ago "democracy" in Iraq played out the way it has for the last six years. From the New York Times front page:
BAGHDAD — More than 60 people were killed and 113 injured in two explosions in Iraq on Thursday that shook a quiet residential Baghdad neighborhood and a restive city north of the capital where Iranian tourists were targeted.
In the first attack, a woman wearing a suicide belt exploded herself in the Karada district of Baghdad as dozens of people lined up at a food giveaway, killing 28, including 12 police officers, and injuring 50, according to an official with the Interior Ministry.
In the second attack, in Muqdadiya in Diyala Province, a bomb went off inside a restaurant where a group of Iranian tourists were eating lunch, killing 34 and injuring 63, according to police officials. All but five of the dead and injured appeared to be Iranians. It was not immediately clear whether the explosion had been caused by a suicide bomber.
It's time for Obama to show some spine, to stop timidly and cravenly caving in to the Pentagon and the war profiteers, and to stop mouthing the double-talking, fork-tongued nonsense with which he tries to inject new life into Bush's illegal, immoral, and and insane war for oil (which, by the way, it looks like we won't get much of).
It's past time to end this madness, and get our sorry asses out of the Middle East, so as to not cause any more death and destruction among those long-suffering people, as well as to avoid raising up another generation of enemies who wish to destroy us -- and for good reason.
Barack Obama, we demand that you end this madness now.
The New York Times/Reuters photo by Mohammed Ameen shows a US soldier at the site of one of today's bomb blasts.
2 comments:
It's past time to end this madness, and get our sorry asses out of the Middle East....My suspicion is that the US soon will be vacating the premises if for no other reason than we can no longer afford to stay.
I know, I know. In strictly dollar terms, we couldn't afford to go into Iraq in the first place, but at least the housing bubble and the alchemy of CDOs were still providing sustenance. Now that everything has crapped out, the populace is not feeling very generous about underwriting the spread of glorious democracy.
Here is what our esteemed Secretary of State has to say about the latest bombings...
She described the bombings as
"a signal that the rejectionists fear Iraq is going in the right direction."
see, it's all how you look at it, Iraq is going in the right direction. is that right as in neo con rightwing? or is that right in the proper sequence of happenings. My head is spinning with all the spin.
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