December 25, 2003
Begging The Question
Saddam's capture didn't, mysteriously, raise the obvious question in the mainstream media: what the fuck are we still doing in Iraq?
The Bush Administration's justifications for the invasion, abominable as the were on their own terms, have now been anwered for.
Weapons hunter extaordinaire David Kay has failed to turn up anything -- and is walking off the job. Meanwhile, the United States is ramping up its own WMD programmes.
Saddam's supposed links to al-Qaeda, which ultimately sold the American public on the war -- but which were never taken seriously by the Administration's own intelligence services, nor by a solitary soul outside the United States (yes, this blog is accusing Tony Blair of bald-faced lying) -- have now been publicly disavowed by Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al.. Meanwhile, the United States continues to maintain freindly relations with and/or arm and/or otherwise support the world's most notorious State Terrorist regimes -- Russia, Colombia, Israel, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Egypt. There's a fucking "axis of evil" for you George -- go get 'em, bitch.
Saddam has not only been dethroned, but taken into custody. The "liberation", in other words, has been accomplished. Granted, the United States, if it were to leave off, would be leaving the country in a much sorrier state than when it found it. So reparations would only be right and proper. But, as, "The Iraqis who hated Saddam hate Americans more," staying on should be out of the question, should it not?
Yet not only is immediate withdrawal not scheduled, the issue isn't even open for discussion. Truly, another magnificent accomplishment of the Free Press.
Posted by Eddie Tews at December 25, 2003 07:05 PM
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