“Iraqi youths celebrated Thursday after an American - Alterman

[dArKeR]

A photo is worth how many words?  Here is a picture that the Times captions: “Iraqi youths celebrated Thursday after an American military vehicle was set on fire after a shootout between United States forces and guerrillas in the town of Falluja.”  No “rose-petals.”  No WMD.  No relationship to terrorists.  No security.  Just endless chaos, hostility, death, and dollars wasted.  What else, really, do you need to know about this catastrophically misguided adventure and the men and women who misled the nation to justify it?

I’ve got a new Nation column here.  It’s called “Widows and Orphans First" and it’s about another attack on those who question the administration’s use and abuse of 9/11.  In this case it’s an organization of victims’ families.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

[madrchsod]

1. aljazeera

has a more disturbing picture of the humvee in flames...

[countmyvote4real]

2. Buyer beware.

"We" broke it and now we, the taxpayers and military have to fix it. For the life of me, I don't know how to make any lemonade out of this. We were damned for going in the first place. We will be doubly damned whether we stay or go. We're fucked either way.

Epiphany!

I think the only solution is to put the chimp on trial side by side with Saddam Hussein. That should at least bring back our dignity in the world. That would probably bring more nations on board to help cover the gaff. It would at least begin to build a real coalition of the willing. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.