Iraq Chaos Dims Bush's Vision of Democracy in Mideast

[maddezmom]

Iraq Chaos Dims Bush's Vision of Democracy in Mideast Ken Fireman
Sun Mar 18, 11:44 PM ET



March 19 (Bloomberg) -- On a wintry night in 2003, as U.S. troops gathered on Iraq's borders for an imminent invasion, President George W. Bush described what the country and the Middle East would look like once Saddam Hussein was deposed.

``A liberated Iraq can show the power of freedom to transform that vital region, by bringing hope and progress into the lives of millions,'' Bush said Feb. 26, 2003, at a Washington dinner.

Iraq and its region have indeed been transformed by the U.S. invasion that began four years ago today and its aftermath -- but in ways far removed from what Bush envisioned.

While Hussein is gone, Iraq has descended into internecine conflict. Sectarian murders rose last year to 1,200 in December from 200 in January before declining early this year, according to a U.S. Defense Department report. More than 140,000 American troops remain engaged, and almost 3,200 have died.

``Our expectations of what American military power could do were wildly exaggerated,'' said Andrew Bacevich, a former Army colonel and U.S. Military Academy professor. ``We're not in control of events. We may be the most powerful nation in the world, but we don't have the ability to impose a solution on this problem.''

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[bullimiami]

1. Its absolutely nauseating that they paint bush as this altruistic bringer of hope.

Sham democracy and capitalism run amok, an enormously wealthy elite and scraps for everyone else to fight over, this is the reality of what bush intended for them.

[ixion]

5. * has made very clear his disdain for democracy

it boggles the mind to think that there are people out there who think this illegal invasion had anything whatsoever to do with liberty or democracy.

[hobbit709]

2. Is that "vision"?

or psychotic hallucination?

[ixion]

6. the latter

a.k.a. 'delusional'. :crazy:

[tom_paine]

3. That was NEVER Bushler's vision. NEVER!

That was just the horse manure they shoveled out to the proles and the sheep after it became clear the WMD Lie wasn't working.

No, the Bush Imperial family has accomplished what it set out to do. It laid a major foothold in Iraq and stole it's oil industry. Even if only temporary, it's worth TRILLIONS. Plus, Iraqi oil pipelines HAVE NO METERS! No way to determine how much oil is flwoing out of there. There some more hundreds of millions for the coffers of Imperial Family Friends and Assorted Cronies, and that's all 100% profit when the oil is stolen.

And My God, Little Boots Bushler sent 363 TONS of $100 bills to Iraq, where it conveniently disappeared. Much of it right to the Cayman Islands' accounts of Imperial Family Friends and Assorted Cronies.

On and on and on...

Money. Power. Greed. Monarchy reasserting itself in a new form.

[Skittles]

4. YES

we are supposed to believe that the same people who prevented black folk from voting in Florida so DESPERATELY wanted to see democracy in Iraq - ya right :puke:

[tom_paine]

9. Hi Skittles! Long time, no see!

:hi:

I hope you and yours are well.

[Skittles]

10. BACK AT YA MY SWEET

I actually am around pretty much daily - well, maybe nightly - because of my work hours I sleep during the day and am active in the night - yes INDEED! :hi:

[ixion]

7. spot on...

:applause:

[hadrons]

8. Bush's Vision of Democracy = bending over to U.S./corporate masters

[liberal renegade]

11. and in return he breaks it off in us...