How can the Iraq war be a failure? Bush and his friends have made billions of dollars from it, in addition to financing the birth and growth of Blackwater, the world’s most powerful mercenary army, capable of operation completely outside oversight be even the US government. Also, during this period of war, Bush and his administration have succeeded in destroying American civil rights and subjugating the American judicial system. This war has been a resounding success for the people who started it and continue to execute it. Even after Bush and his friends have been removed from power, the billions of dollars they have amassed will remain in their possession so as to be available for their later return to power. They will likely never be prosecuted for their crimes.

They will likely never be prosecuted for their crimes.

Bet that’s what the Nazis thought when they were blitzkrieging into poland and the rest of Europe.

the US has destroyed all that Iraqis built in modern times

you mean under Saddam?

“you mean under Saddam?”

And?

uh, last time I checked, saddam was a dictator. Saying that all Iraqis built the society in “modern times” is kinda, um, bullshit.

“All that” not “that all”...

Hana, luckily, we aren’t going to need their money. Because by the time we’re finished with ‘em — they ain’t gonna have any. And we’ll be fine anyway. Because all over the world Iraq has family, waiting in the wings. Count on it. In fact? You sound like you are all holding up really well. Your spirit and deep intelligence inspires us all. We’re going to figure out that DU thing. We can beat it.

80 countries. Ban Ki-Moon has assembled commitments from 80 countries worldwide.

But remember, por favor, there’s a LOT more to America than just the United States. And even in the United States there are Americans who are very very upset about the situation. People like moi.

goddamn dyslexia

Saying that all Iraqis built the society in “modern times” is kinda, um, bullshit.

Yeah, homes, hospitals, schools and families are such bullshit.

a.p.r.

While I agree that Saddam was a very nasty person, you might want to look into just what was accomplished in terms of schools, hospitals and other advancements prior to gulf war I. Then look at what the following ten years of U.S. led sanctions did to those accomplishments. Iraq’s society was in fact considerably more open than many other dictatorial/theocratic states. I’ll toss out Saudi Arabia as an example.

I’m not trying to defend Saddam- or any other dictator (including GWB), but to say Saddam was all bad with no good is a drastic oversimplification. Just as the US sees the conflict as an insurgency, while Iraqi’s see it as a resistance against an outside occupier, prespective is everything.

Before Gulf War II started, I read a book :“Bush in Bablyon” by Tariq Ali (among others) and found readinging an Arab’s perspective very illuminating. I mention this book specifically as it did a good job of covering pre-Saddam Iraq, and tying it into modern times.

Yes absoloutly: SADDAM = BAD

What we have now = MUCH WORSE

We appear to be an astonishingly enlightened group. How did that happen?

What we should do, when we need a break from The Burden, is think about a holy day that we can have, every one, all around the world, to make sure our descendants remember that this kind of rubbish is possible and we don’t want any part of it.

Something maybe based on a new release of the Epic of Gilgamesh. How would we do that?

Yes, I agree, the Bush/Cheney cabal certainly are “fomenting the violence” in Iraq. The whole game to them is to stay there as long as possible – occupation. And yes, they are winning in terms of taking what they came for. The author’s main idea here is that we could all be supportive of the Iraqi insurgency, because it is fighting that very same ‘force’ that has entrapped us all in their system of capitalism [debt] , given us global warming and the huge discrepancy between rich and poor, and now this horrific debacle in Iraq.

It’s amazing how socialized we are to the state. IF a bully broke into your house and beat you up, you would immeadiately think to defend yourself. Yet if the Iraqi’s defend themselves, or if any of us as americans were to support that clearly logical reaction, we would be labeled enemy combatants.

“And don’t forget, UN General Assembly Resolution 33/24 of December 1978 recognizes “the legitimacy of the struggle of people’s for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination and foreign occupation by all means available, particularly armed struggle.””

Is this true?? Does that mean, since African-Americans are the by product of colonial conquest, if i organized a Black Liberation Army that would fight to claim all the southern slave states for a “New Black Republic”, would that be legitimate by the UN WOW!! Just in case the CIA gets around to reading this website- I am a total Pacifist. at least in deed anyway, i’m all about annhiliating people online.

Does a criminal have a right to shoot back at the police when they are trying to arrest them or stop them from perpetrating a crime?

See? I can use silly analogies too.

The Iraqi Resistance Only Exists To End The Occupation: The escalating attacks are not usually aimed at civilians, but are a direct response to the brutal actions of US-led troops.