Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Not a Civil War
Or 15 U.S. Troops Killed in Three Days.
Triple bombing in Baghdad. Iraqi Army HQ bombed in Ramadi. But it's not a civil war. "Bodies lay[ing] in the street next to the smoking wreckage of burning cars." But it's not a civil war. Just keep repeating that to yourself over and over and over. Just because the BBC notes that
All this death and destruction because George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the neo-conservative cabal invaded a country that had NOTHING to do with 9/11. All of this death and destruction because George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the neo-conservative cabal reached for the gun and gave into their fears. All of this death and destruction because the media, intellectuals, and the rest of us weren't forceful enough or down right complicit with the fear mongering of the Bush regime. Iraq was not inevitable. Invading Iraq was choice; a result of a policy. A misguided policy, but still a policy. It is our collective shame that we let George Bush invade Iraq. It is our fault that we re-elected George Bush, Dick Cheney, the Rupublican Congress, and the neo-conservative cabal in 2004 despite the clarity that invading Iraq was a mistake from day one. That mistake is paying terrible dividends. Our failure to come to grips with the extent of that mistake is the result of a deep intellectual and moral confusion. We have given into the worst in us instead of the best in us.
Or 15 U.S. Troops Killed in Three Days.
Triple bombing in Baghdad. Iraqi Army HQ bombed in Ramadi. But it's not a civil war. "Bodies lay[ing] in the street next to the smoking wreckage of burning cars." But it's not a civil war. Just keep repeating that to yourself over and over and over. Just because the BBC notes that
[g]overnment ministers and other public officials are frequently targeted by gunmen and bomb attacks, and require constant security in an effort to try and guarantee their securitydoesn't mean that there is anything like a civil war going on in Iraq.
All this death and destruction because George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the neo-conservative cabal invaded a country that had NOTHING to do with 9/11. All of this death and destruction because George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the neo-conservative cabal reached for the gun and gave into their fears. All of this death and destruction because the media, intellectuals, and the rest of us weren't forceful enough or down right complicit with the fear mongering of the Bush regime. Iraq was not inevitable. Invading Iraq was choice; a result of a policy. A misguided policy, but still a policy. It is our collective shame that we let George Bush invade Iraq. It is our fault that we re-elected George Bush, Dick Cheney, the Rupublican Congress, and the neo-conservative cabal in 2004 despite the clarity that invading Iraq was a mistake from day one. That mistake is paying terrible dividends. Our failure to come to grips with the extent of that mistake is the result of a deep intellectual and moral confusion. We have given into the worst in us instead of the best in us.