U.S. the new Saddam

[Mnemosyne]

By Eric Margolis

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The U.S. Air Force's senior officer, Gen. John Jumper, stated U.S. warplanes would remain in Iraq to fight resistance forces and protect the American-installed regime "more or less indefinitely." Jumper's bombshell went largely unnoticed due to Hurricane Katrina.

Gen. Jumper let the cat out of the bag. While President George Bush hints at eventual troop withdrawals, the Pentagon is busy building four major, permanent air bases in Iraq that will require heavy infantry protection.

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Chinese Taoists say you become what you hate. In a zesty irony, the U.S. now finds itself in a similar position as demonized Saddam Hussein. Saddam had to use his Sunni-dominated army to hold Iraq together by fighting Kurdish and Shia rebels. His brutal police jailed tens of thousands and routinely used torture.

Today, Iraq's new ruler, the U.S., is battling Sunni insurgents, ("al-Qaida terrorists," in the latest Pentagon doublespeak), rebuilding Saddam's dreaded secret police, holding 15,000 prisoners and torturing captives, as the Abu Ghraib outrage showed.
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[Desertrose]

1. "zesty irony"?? ....think I would have used different words...

This is so sad.....damn it...and damn b*sh and all his corporate buddies getting rich off this insanity.

[Mnemosyne]

2. I know Desertrose, it's gone beyond

sadness to sorrow. :hug:

I am sick thinking about how much Helliburton and dick will profit from Katrina. All of *'s cronies will profit. Totally disgusting.
:grr: :nuke: :nuke:

Things a bit slow tonight it seems.