New for who?
Last night President Bush outlined his plan for staying in Iraq. He called bringing in troops and attempting to militarily dominate civil disfunction a new strategy.
Well, then, what was the old strategy?
No new anything here. The real strategy is still to justify the occupation. The buzz phrases remain the same: freedom for the Iraqis, victory in the War on Terror, fighting them there rather than here, the disaster of defeat.
In other words we're to believe that if we left Iraq tomorrow, the Iraqi people would either be sold into slavery or have to figure out how to split the oil revenue amongst themselves. Terrorists would descend on Omaha by the weekend. The War on Terror would be cancelled due to lack of interest. Halliburton shares would drop disasterously for at least two quarters.
Well, here's some new thinking. Let the Iraqis control their own destiny starting tomorrow. Let the terrorists pick sides in that fight while we watch them cut each other's throats. Let Halliburton fall off the gravy train. Let the War of Terror stop feeding the terror it's supposed to be fighting.
Let the American Empire define itself by humanitarian goals rather than by financial and military domination.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a leader with that kind of vision?
Well, then, what was the old strategy?
No new anything here. The real strategy is still to justify the occupation. The buzz phrases remain the same: freedom for the Iraqis, victory in the War on Terror, fighting them there rather than here, the disaster of defeat.
In other words we're to believe that if we left Iraq tomorrow, the Iraqi people would either be sold into slavery or have to figure out how to split the oil revenue amongst themselves. Terrorists would descend on Omaha by the weekend. The War on Terror would be cancelled due to lack of interest. Halliburton shares would drop disasterously for at least two quarters.
Well, here's some new thinking. Let the Iraqis control their own destiny starting tomorrow. Let the terrorists pick sides in that fight while we watch them cut each other's throats. Let Halliburton fall off the gravy train. Let the War of Terror stop feeding the terror it's supposed to be fighting.
Let the American Empire define itself by humanitarian goals rather than by financial and military domination.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a leader with that kind of vision?
posted by Bear at 9:12 AM
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