The outrage over Iran is not just warmongering; Bush is worried Iran is positioned to steal the prize. If it was not so tragic, it would be funny. Thousnds of GIs dead, billions and billions of dollards spent, and Bush’s arch-enemy will the swag. Doin’ a heck of a job, Shrubbie.

Why do I think Iran will get the loot? When Alexander the Great was conquoring the world, he adopted an effective tactic. Rather than squander his army in battle, he would position his army before the gates of the city-state and parley. Why destroy the city and waste a portion of his army in conflict when it’s easier to strike a deal? The Mayor of the city would be allowed to keep his job (and head), but he would agree to be annexed into Alexander’s empire. He would pay taxes and contribute soldiers to Alexender’s army. Alexander annexed an intact city-state, got the loot and increased the size of his army.

The first priority for the government of Iraq is the survival of the government of Iraq. If they become a puppet regime of Bush, they won’t survive; the people of Iraq will NOT consent to being occupied by infidels. If they oppose Bush, the regime will be toppled by Bush by an inside coup, arranged by the CIA. If the US was to withdraw - tomorrow - the government could not count on the Iraqi army to protect the government; way too many officers in the army owe first alligience to tribal or religious leaders who are not in the government.

If Iran was to guarantee the survival of the ‘legitimate’ governement, the PM of Iraq might cut a deal with Tehran. That gives the governement-in-the-green-zone the lattitude to ask us to get the hell out; we have helped as much as they can stand.

I am not saying this is desirable; but it seems likely. Sadly, no one in Congress is willing to discuss the situation with Iran in Iraq for waht it is; 2 thieves fighting over the spoils of Iraq.

I hope you (and your system) feel better!

Let’s go back to square one.
The Bush administration invaded Iraq using trumped up lies, then inexplicably [’stuff happens’] the Bush administration created a post-invasion aftermath which worsened and now jeopardizes the very lives and livelihood of a majority of Iraqis. A functional Iraqi society that lived under a dictator and under the crippling of a decade of sanctions now endures chaos and death from civil war.

How can it be that Iraqis can own the second largest oil reserves in the world and yet be facing daily worsening impoverishment and threat?

Simple answer: the Iraqi citizenry is irrelevant to the Decider[ the same way that the American citizenry devastated by Katrina is irrelevant to the Decider].
The only matter relevant to the Decider is wresting oil decisions from Iraqis to be replaced by American corporate control of THEIR national wealth, i.e., their oil fields.

The Bush plan is ‘whatever it takes’ to be able to stay there long enough to secure that prize. The reasons for staying in Iraq keep changing, depending upon whatever ‘new reason’ will best fool the American public. The latest ‘reason’ fed to Americans is, ‘Oh, it will be a bloodbath if we leave’.
Meanwhile, the latest strategy for dealing with the Iraqis appears to be, ‘Hey, give it up, let us have those 30 year contracts, and we’ll play protector for your citizens and government in the midst of the chaos we helped bring about’.

I agree with moonbat. If we take ourselves out of there, the Iraqis have a better chance of reorganizing themselves out of the present chaos which is conflated by our occupation.

If we grope our way through the cover fog designed by Bush’s psych-ops teams, we should be able to realize that the Bush administration has engaged America in a big heist.

No, I stand corrected, our troops are the pickle’s. Stuffed together, bottled-up, and sealed tight,. Theyr’e just waiting for the hands of hate to unseal their jar and eat them alive.
It’’s a civil war. Madness! And where there’s madness, there is a hunger. And the “other” is the meal…
That is where we stand today in Iraq. We’re the “other!”
Our troop’s are MRE’s waiting to be torn open and devoured.

We need a DC rally EVERY day.
Tell Congress that they’re in a pickle, too. If they don’t get our troops out, we’ll vote them out. ASAP!!!
And them we’ll charge them all as War Criminal’s.

Our politician’s often lecture us about “God and Country.”
Thier actions have caused one to abandon us, and we’re about to lose the other to blood-thirsty Theocrat’s and hypocritical heathen’s hungry only for money and power…

ACT!
Do something! Write. Call.. March. Scream!!!
Or, are we the powerless puppet’s that Harlan Ellison wrote about in his great short story, “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream?”

I don’t feel powerless. Do you?

SCREAM!!!!!!!

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired and especially tired of being feed an endless ration of fear. I don’t think it is a good idea to leave this mess to Bush&Co for two more years until we can hire another administration to begin dealing with this fiasco that will likely be many times worse by January 2009.

I appreciate you and your reader’s ability to find words to rage against this insanity because I’m running low. The Indie/Alt rock stations on Sirius have been playing this song for a while now. It might be familiar for New Yorkers but Kenny White says it for me, How Long…are we gong to put up with this? (the mp3 tune is part of an alblum collection provided by the artist)

But the statement that pisses me off more than any other coming from this administration (and that’s saying a lot) is that we are fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here. So what are we supposed to do - keep supplying young bodies as a deterrent? Based on this premise (and at the rate our people are dying), we will be supplying our young for generations to come. When is enough enough? How about doing something ‘over here’ so we don’t have to do it ‘over there’, ie spend the billions on things like securing our borders, inspecting incoming cargo, protecting our nuclear plants, railways, etc. And their would even be $ left over for such things as healthcare, infrastructure, NEW ORLEANS, etc.

Imagine that!