The CNN Headline Says It All...

[GrantDem]

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. But the neocons are still in denial.

Ye reap what ye sow.

[Rude Horner]

2. I thought the only reason there was a surge in violence

was because of our elections back in early November. Hmmm...I wonder if they're trying to influence the presidential election here in two years. :sarcasm:

[stellanoir]

3. Did anyone hear Anne Garrells (not sure of the spelling of her name)

of NPR back in April of '03 when that staged trashing of the Saddam statue occured ? She had been in Baghdad since before our illegal invasion. Her Iraqi interpreter had said when the statue fell something to the effect of "You understand that now the Americans have to take complete control. Anything less than that will result in chaos increasingly spiraling out of control." Those words have haunted me for 3 and one half years.

[chaska]

4. Lately, I've been marvelling how Sadam was stronger than the United States of America...

I mean, HE managed to keep all factions from killing each other, right? Something "we" apparently can't do.

[Karaokedude]

11. He had ways....

like lowering people feet-first into plastic shredders, things that despite our problems and issues we do not do.

[newyawker99]

13. Hi Karaokedude!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[stellanoir]

12. Well firstly he rose to power through CIA support and absolute tyranny

but more importantly, he did KNEW his culture and country well.

Having read riverbend, faiza, and raed for years and salam pax before them, some things the RW who disgustinglyu refer to Iraqis as "ragheads" are totally unaware: prior to our invasion their were far more Phd's in Iraq than in America, riverbend was making more than her older male colleagues, and there was a lot of intermarriage. Faiza is a Shia and married to a Sunni. Their funny son raed calls himself a "sushi."

Our idiotic invasion set up a deliberate pattern of divide and conquer when Iraq had been a secular culture living with internal tolerance between the now warring factions for decades. It didn't have to go down this way.

I felt this administration would botch everything but I'm utterly flabbergasted over just how badly it's been botched.

[liberal N proud]

5. Turned another corner?

When will enough be enough?

[DearAbby]

6. Turned so many corners

now it's going in circles. Stop this madness!

[Ron Green]

7. Is freedom still on the march???

:dunce:

[symbolman]

8. How the White House can have the nerve to call

ANY attack "senseless" after all they've done is beyond me..

They've so lowered the bar that the terrorists seem to almost be the LEAST of the worries over there.

Sick bastards. Bush should have to bury all those dead with a SPOON for the rest of his natural life.

[MzNov]

9. And gee, it took them only 6 years !!! nt

[TahitiNut]

10. "Stay The Curse"

I just cannot comprehend the 'logic' that claims "it'd be worse" if the U.S. Occupation Forces were withdrawn. Like there's been ANY improvment in Iraq's condition in the last three years??? I sure haven't heard of ANYTHING that's improved. Not. One. Damned. Thing.