imagePresident Bush as quoted from an Alternet article:

In less than three years, the Iraqi people have gone from living under the boot of a brutal tyrant, to liberation, to sovereignty, to free elections, to a constitutional referendum, and last December, to elections for a fully constitutional government.

If this is true, then why does Ayad Allawi, former Prime Minister, say this:

“We are losing each day as an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is,” he said.

If President Bush is so sure that things are going so well in Iraq, then why does war continue?  Or, is the continuing war the reason why everything is going so well for him?  There must be a threat to build up further and further, right?  To stretch our business interests, our Christian theocratic notions, and our version of forced democracy is what moves so well in Iraq now, not the liberation of a state.  In fact it seems moreso that a new tyrant has taken seat and liberation is merely a term of propaganda.  When the time comes for the “new government” to take hold, all responsibility will be shifted to them and America will wash its hands of this bucket of blood that it alone spilled.  Again, from Alternet:

In the face of these ugly developments, there’s been a significant shift in rhetoric from the administration and its dwindling ranks of supporters. The hawks are trying to distance themselves from the consequences of the war they championed. The continuing violence and disarray we can expect in the coming years will be the Iraqis’ fault, not a result of American hubris.

Three years in with no end in sight.

Photo courtesy of Portland Indy Media (where anywhere from 10,000-40,000 people showed up to speak their voice).

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