Dead Cities, by Chris Floyd

[The2ndWheel]

http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/04/14/120.html

Of all the war crimes that have flowed from the originating crime of President George W. Bush's unprovoked invasion of Iraq, perhaps the most flagrant was the destruction of Fallujah in November 2004. Now, as ignominious defeat looms for Bush's Babylonian folly, some of the key players in fomenting the war are urging that the "Fallujah Option" be applied to an even bigger target: Baghdad.

What these influential warmongers openly call for is the "pacification" of Baghdad: a brutal firestorm by U.S. forces, ravaging both Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias in a "horrific" operation that will inevitably lead to "skyrocketing body counts," as warhawk Reuel Marc Gerecht cheerfully wrote last week in the ever-bloodthirsty editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal. Gerecht's war whoop quickly ricocheted around the right-wing media echo chamber and gave public voice to the private counsels emanating from a group whose members now comprise the leadership of the U.S. government: The Project for the New American Century.

As oft noted here, PNAC was founded by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush, Zalmay Khalilzad and the now-indicted Lewis Libby, among others. In September 2000, they publicly called for sending U.S. forces into Iraq -- even if Saddam Hussein was already gone -- as well as planting new bases in Central Asia, putting weapons in space, building new nukes and funding a vast militarization of American society. Being such savvy inside players and all, they recognized that this lunatic program would not be accepted by the American people -- unless, of course, the nation was struck by a "catalyzing event" like "a new Pearl Harbor." Who says dreams don't come true?

[CrispyQ]

1. k&r

[hogwyld]

2. My Dream

Is to see all of these murderous lunatics lined up in a Nuremberg style trial and then humg!

[acmavm]

3. K&R. Chris Floyd, always an important read for anyone who

really wants to understand how we got to where we are today.

[bemildred]

4. These fools need to read up on Stalingrad.

And think it over some.

[linazelle]

5. We have dead cities here: Visited Detroit or NOLA lately? n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. That's what I thought the OP subject line referred to. nt

[cassiepriam]

7. It is all about winning for them, no matter how they do it.

They do not care if Iraq is left a hollow damaged country, a ghost town.

[bedpanartist]

8. Another Dead Midwestern City - Dayton, Ohio

Check out what Dayton, Ohio has become

[cassiepriam]

9. Are you one of the ghosts who live in Dayton ? :) nt

[bedpanartist]

11. boo!

scared ya didn't I?

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

10. Dreams come true alright (graphic image not for squeamish)...