Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Three G.I.?s Killed in Separate Attacks in Iraq: "the coalition was ``not worried in the least'' by the continuing attacks on its forces.
``We have nothing at this point that causes us to be concerned,'' he said. ``This is an enemy that cannot defeat us militarily.''"
Denial from the army. Denial from the President. Denial won't get us anywhere, though it means that they won't be addressing reality any time soon. What does that mean?
It means more US soldiers will die needlessly in Iraq, while Bush claims their sacrifice is in a good cause--and denies that he has blundered outrageously into a disaster of his own making. It means more Iraqi's will die from the chaos and violence of the US' heavy handed tactics against the civilian population, and from the terrorist attacks which are killing so many of them.
There is no easy solution here. But Bush's only effort to find one is to lightly train thousands of Iraqi's for police duty. And to spend $87 B US a year there.
He needs to get the UN completely involved here, give up US control of Iraq, and contribute to a stabilization force that contains a true coalition of the world. Not a coalition of the willing to be bribed and led by America, which is what we have now.
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