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"Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not
descended into a civil war," Bush said in his weekly radio address.
"They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian
violence, while the overwhelming majority want peace and a normal life
in a unified country."
Commanders on the ground,
however, tell a completely different story. They see a country torn by
internal violence and one that, in some estimates, has already erupted
into an uncontrollable civil war.
Capitol Hill Blue, VA
Citing Failed Strategy in Iraq, Senator Feinstein ...
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... much higher. The Defense Department reports that over the past quarter, Iraq has averaged 3,000 war deaths per month.
In losing control of this province, the United States will have lost control over much of Iraq. "We are talking about nearly a third of the area of Iraq," said Ahmed Salman, a historian from Fallujah. "Al-Anbar borders Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, and the resistance there will never stop as long as there are American soldiers on the ground."
Salman said the US military is working against itself. "Their actions ruin their goal because they use these huge, violent military operations which kill so many civilians, and make it impossible to calm down the people of al-Anbar."
US Losing Control Fast n losing control of this province, the US would have lost control over much of Iraq. "We are talking about nearly a third of the area of Iraq," Ahmed ...
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The intelligence community got it right.
Saddam Hussein was an enemy of our enemy in Al Qaeda. There was virtually zero probability that Iraq would ever use weapons of mass destruction against us or our allies even if he possessed them. There was no connection to 9-11. There was no threat.
The propaganda war is still raging. As the old myths crumble, new ones are hoisted up in their place. The latest are that Al Qaeda and their kind are the great threat of the next century and that, if we fail in Iraq, the Al Qaeda types will absorb the greater Middle East.
That these are mere puff and stuff to propagate the continuation and expansion of war should be self-evident. In the event that it is not, consult those who have knowledge of Al Qaeda and the Middle East. Ask those who have no dog in this hunt. Ask the intelligence community when it is not serving at the pleasure of the president.
Before we embark on yet another war, let us take a good look at where the path of vengeance has taken us. The war in Iraq is already lost and the occupation of Afghanistan is in shambles. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, have been sacrificed over and above the thousands that we lost on September 11, 2001.
The central front in the “war on terror” is where Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden still reside. When we withdraw from Iraq (as we must inevitably do), owing to the gross incompetence of our leaders, we will have little choice but to return to Afghanistan -- not to occupy but to complete the job and get out.
The legacy of 9-11 should not be a perpetual reign of terror in which we are the great destroyer, the purveyors of violence and deception. Rather, the legacy of 9-11 should be a new awakening that will eventually serve to protect us all from such tragedies.
The victims of that solemn day and their survivors deserve better. We all deserve better. In fact, we should demand it.
Jack Random
is the author of Ghost Dance Insurrection (Dry Bones Press) the
Jazzman Chronicles, Volumes I and II
The Propaganda War: Revisiting
Afghanistan on 9-11
Dissident Voice, CA -
The Smoking Cannon
Bush on Ropes
over Iraq - Al Qaeda Report
60 Minutes: CIA Official Tyler Drumheller, the former chief of the CIA’s
Europe division,
Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall
2002
CIA Director George Tenet indicated that Iraq’s foreign minister —
who agreed to
act as a spy for the United States, reported that Iraq had no active weapons
of
mass destruction program.
By CARL HULSE
Interviews found voters expressing degrees of skepticism about President Bush's motives in delivering a set of high-profile speeches on terrorism.
In Prime-Time Address, Bush Says Safety of U.S. Hinges on Iraq
By JIM RUTENBERG and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
President Bush sought to place the war in Iraq in the context of an epic battle between tyranny and freedom.
If a strategy to end the violence in Iraq exists, it seems unlikely that President Bush could see it through the filter of his fantasies.
The Fictional Path to 9/11
When attempting to recreate real events on screen, you do not show real people doing things they never did
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