Go to Bush's War, or The War Of The Gulf
- Add a comment
- Go to 4000: Reaching Another Milestone
I saw a report the other day, helenography, that stated that Iraq War
coverage only comprises about 5% of the news now. Back before the campaigning really took hold and the surge started kicking into gear, it was about 30% (I believe that's what the gentleman said, but don't quote me). You let the Shiites and Sunnis get tired of this false armistice and they'll start blowing the entire country to hell with all those new weapons we've given them and they were able to buy off of China, Russia, and Iran with the money we bribed them not to fight. I don't give it a year...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 11, 2008 at 11:27 PM
| link to this | reply
The media aren't innocent parties in all this...
When Bush declared that war they pounced on it with minute-by-minute coverage. But they're so fickle they just move on to new things and people don't necessarily forget about it but it is not at the forefront of their consciousness. For the Iraqi people it is still a daily struggle, a point you rightly make in your piece.
posted by
helenography
on May 11, 2008 at 1:48 PM
| link to this | reply
No, sam, peace will never happen. Pray for something attainable. Pray
for socioeconomic equality. Without it, there will always be deprivation, famine, war, rampant disease, squalor, etc.,. With it comes, hopefully, a measure of peace...
posted by
saul_relative
on March 28, 2008 at 6:33 AM
| link to this | reply
Al Qaeda is definitely part of the Bush thesaurus under synonyms, Glennb,
for "anybody shooting at an American" and "terrorists." Al Qaeda is a Bush blanket term, part of their War on the American People. There have never been more than a few thousand Al Qaedists in Iraq at any given time and, according to the CIA and other intelligence agencies, al Qaeda in Iraq (the affiliate group) wasn't even present before late 2003-early 2004. It's the same as when they were calling all the different fighting factions in Iraq "terrorists". It took Bush and Co. over two years to admit that there was anything other than terrorists and al Qaedists fighting American and Coalition forces. You would have thought the word "insurgent" was arsenic in their mouths... The Bush administration have destroyed a nation to erect military outposts on the border of American empire, probably for no better reason than to line thier pockets from proceeds off of military contracts and oil futures. It's pathetic and tragic...
posted by
saul_relative
on March 28, 2008 at 6:31 AM
| link to this | reply
The loss of lives troubles my soul. I pray for peace. sam
posted by
sam444
on March 27, 2008 at 9:28 AM
| link to this | reply
Saul Relative,
The first thing we have to get out of the "word association" game! Al Quada is a Bush administration excuse to genocide! Is bin Laden in Iraq? I thought he was Al Quada? For me Al Quada (who knows the spelling?)= Iraqis trying to liberate their country from their liberators!
posted by
Glennb
on March 27, 2008 at 12:53 AM
| link to this | reply
My aim is to enlighten. An education degree and nine years of college
should be good for something, huh?
posted by
saul_relative
on March 26, 2008 at 11:12 PM
| link to this | reply
Re: The idea of pushing democracy is the Bush doctrine, Myrddn. The Iraqi
Thanx for the enlightening reply. It makes good sense.
posted by
AardigeAfrikaner
on March 26, 2008 at 3:54 PM
| link to this | reply
The idea of pushing democracy is the Bush doctrine, Myrddn. The Iraqi
people are for democracy, just not one supported by the U.S. government. Witness the millions of people who voted in their elections. Then consider the polls that say that 71% of Iraqis consider the U.S. occupiers and want the U.S. out of Iraq even if it means civil war or worse for them. So, I don't believe its a question of supporting a democracy or not; they just want autonomy. Who can blame them?
posted by
saul_relative
on March 26, 2008 at 3:35 PM
| link to this | reply
Horrible
Are there any trustworthy stats on how many Iraqi people support the move to democracy and how many do not? If there are still so many attacks after five years with all that military might of the USA present it makes me wonder...
posted by
AardigeAfrikaner
on March 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM
| link to this | reply