O Iraq O Iraq

[Nightbyrd]

Mike,

Sure they will find weapons of mass destruction. I bet operatives are busy
at work planting the evidence as we write this.

Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>
To: <byronmarshall2001@yahoo.com>
Cc: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: O Iraq O Iraq


> the Bush administration has wisely blown off any
> serious attempt to civilize Afghanistan outside of
> Kabul. no money was asked from Congress for this,
> and this is wise.
>
> Afghanistan should be left to find its own level
> of (mis)rule. one can fairly say that al-Quaeda
> has pretty much been destroyed as a serious danger.
>
> but this will not be possible in Iraq. a police
> force of foreign soldiers of the sort who have
> brought law and order to Kabul but nowhere else
> in Afghanistan will have to be found somewhere
> to bring temporary order all over Iraq. and then
> what?
>
> after 30 years of Saddam the Iraqis are totally
> divided against one another. the Sunni (the
> minority elite) were complicit with Saddam, the
> Shia tend towards Islamic fundamentalism, the
> Kurds are something else. the country will be
> as stable as Lebanon.
>
> of course Bush and company were lying about the
> weapons of mass destruction (which have never
> been found nor will be) and that Saddam was somehow
> complicit in 9-11.
>
> so the war is pure adventurism, driven by the
> neo-conservative activists like Kristol, Perle,
> Chaney who made the empty Bush into the instrument
> of their agenda.
>
> i doubt anybody will be very surprised as things
> in Iraq start going downhill rapidly now
>
> Mike the blogger
>