More War! It's what's for Christmas!
Bush pushes through yet another debacle for the American economy, but the rightie-tighties pile on the Democratic Congress for caving in to it.
For what the Bush government has squandered on this war, every US driver could have had free gasoline for life.
"(AP) Congress approved $70 billion Wednesday for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a bitter finish for majority Democrats who tried to force a change in President Bush's war policy.
.....Democrats were eager to avoid being seen as not supporting troops who are in harm's way - and avoid weeks of bashing by Bush for failing to provide that money.
"This is a blank check," complained Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. "The new money in this bill represents one cave-in too many. It is an endorsement of George Bush's policy of endless war." [..]"
Don't get me started on the Democrats.......
And isn't it soooo nice that all those lovely hard earned taxpayer dollars are going to defend several tribes of people who can only agree on ONE thing--that America is to blame for all their problems and nothing will get any better until we leave.
From Washington Post: "Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month."
Which should come as no surprise at all. Ever since people started asking, Iraqis have consistently told pollsters that they view the US led occupying forces as part of the PROBLEM, not part of the SOLUTION, and want them to LEAVE.
Hell, a good many of them even want Saddam back.
The difference this time is that the message is coming from the US military's focus groups -- face-to-face contact rather than anonymous polling. Which means the Iraqis had to have the courage to tell American soldiers that they think the US military is making things worse.
The US has enabled Iraq to have both a civil war and ethnic cleansing. We continue to arm and train all three sides of the civil war.
The ethnic demon which has haunted Kurd, Shi'ite or Sunni Arab for eons will continue to do so.
Don't hold your breath until a population who thinks of itself according to different ethno-religious lines learns to live in a state confederation.
No matter how many more billions of dollars we throw at it.
