PEACEFUL IRAQ? NOT IN THIS REALITY
Taking a page from LBJ, Bush has declared that: "The war is not lost"--flying in the face of a interim report which clearly shows a lack of progress in Iraq.
Whatever miniscule gains Bush believes we have made--clearly overshadows the fact that after 5 years of endless war, Iraq has not improved its chances to become a truly stable democracy--nor has it helped the US's image abroad any.
But Bush doesn't seem to have gotten that memo. He still believes that we will "win"--but only if we sacrifice every last soldier and drain the last of our money from both the US taxpayer, and the US Treasury--in doing so.
However, our President isn't the only one who is suffering from a severe disconnect with reality.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki said: "we could leave anytime we want"--claiming that they could manage Iraq all by themselves--despite the fact that Iraq is no condition to police itself by any measurable means.
All right! We can leave! Finally!
Uh...wait just a minute here.
Which Iraq is both Bush and Malaki thinking of? Because it's clearly not the one that is currently underway in the Middle East.
Nah. They must be thinking of the one which is in an alternate reality. The one where everyone is at peace and the Iraqis are throwing candy and flowers at us. (Not to mention, greeting us as "liberators",)
If that's the case, I'm in the wrong universe here!
Schuyler Thorpe
xxxth Street xx #X001
Everett, WA 98204
(XXX)-XXX-XXXX
Whatever miniscule gains Bush believes we have made--clearly overshadows the fact that after 5 years of endless war, Iraq has not improved its chances to become a truly stable democracy--nor has it helped the US's image abroad any.
But Bush doesn't seem to have gotten that memo. He still believes that we will "win"--but only if we sacrifice every last soldier and drain the last of our money from both the US taxpayer, and the US Treasury--in doing so.
However, our President isn't the only one who is suffering from a severe disconnect with reality.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki said: "we could leave anytime we want"--claiming that they could manage Iraq all by themselves--despite the fact that Iraq is no condition to police itself by any measurable means.
All right! We can leave! Finally!
Uh...wait just a minute here.
Which Iraq is both Bush and Malaki thinking of? Because it's clearly not the one that is currently underway in the Middle East.
Nah. They must be thinking of the one which is in an alternate reality. The one where everyone is at peace and the Iraqis are throwing candy and flowers at us. (Not to mention, greeting us as "liberators",)
If that's the case, I'm in the wrong universe here!
Schuyler Thorpe
xxxth Street xx #X001
Everett, WA 98204
(XXX)-XXX-XXXX
posted by Schuyler Thorpe | 11:16 PM
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