It's madness I tell you, madness
11/10/06 11:13
If Smirk
and Snarl’s excellent adventures in Iraq have proven
anything at all, it is that a country without a
strong, capable central government will descend into
chaos. Our troops are dealing with that chaos right
now and there currently appears to be no end in
sight. Dubya says we’ll stand down when they stand
up, but what exactly does that mean? What does a
government need in order order for that government to
control the country and actually govern?
The first requirement, I think, is the support of the people being governed. If not active support, at least passive. By that I mean the populace must not be actively engaging in activities counter-productive to the government’s goals. The so-called winning of the hearts and minds. So far we are failing miserably on this one. The Iraqis are killing each other by the hundreds and blowing shit up on a daily basis. I heard an Iraqi official on the radio say that the biggest problem with the sewer system in Baghdad is that it’s always clogged with dead bodies. Think about that for a moment. The largest city in Iraq can’t keep their shitters flowing properly because of dead citizens in the pipes. And just the other day dubya was saying he was pleased with our progress in Iraq. It just blows my mind to think that our preznit is so completely out of touch with reality that he thinks we’re making progress.
I believe another requirement for a sound government is a certain degree of altruism and honesty in the leaders of that government, particularly in it’s executive branch. When trying to secure peace, a corrupt police force is worse than none at all. A large part of the killings, especially of Sunnis, are being carried out by the (mostly Shia) police themselves. Entire neighborhoods are being ethnically cleansed through a campaign of murder and forced evacuation. The country is being divided along religious lines and our government appears to have decided to let that happen. The really odd thing is we seem to be backing the Shias, who are closely aligned with Iran. Remember Iran? Axis of evil? Next on the list to invade? What the hell is going on here? Dubya keeps saying that the only way we lose is if we leave before the job is done, but we appear to be going backward here. I really believe that the Bush administration has decided to just coast for the next two years and dump this problem on the next president. Then they can sit back and accuse the next administration of cutting and running etc. It’s either that or dubya has some kind of double-super-secret genius plan that can’t yet be shared with the Amurkin people, but it’s going to create peace in the Middle East any minute now if lefties like me would just stop emboldening the terrorists by badmouthing our government. Yeah, that’s probably it.
The first requirement, I think, is the support of the people being governed. If not active support, at least passive. By that I mean the populace must not be actively engaging in activities counter-productive to the government’s goals. The so-called winning of the hearts and minds. So far we are failing miserably on this one. The Iraqis are killing each other by the hundreds and blowing shit up on a daily basis. I heard an Iraqi official on the radio say that the biggest problem with the sewer system in Baghdad is that it’s always clogged with dead bodies. Think about that for a moment. The largest city in Iraq can’t keep their shitters flowing properly because of dead citizens in the pipes. And just the other day dubya was saying he was pleased with our progress in Iraq. It just blows my mind to think that our preznit is so completely out of touch with reality that he thinks we’re making progress.
I believe another requirement for a sound government is a certain degree of altruism and honesty in the leaders of that government, particularly in it’s executive branch. When trying to secure peace, a corrupt police force is worse than none at all. A large part of the killings, especially of Sunnis, are being carried out by the (mostly Shia) police themselves. Entire neighborhoods are being ethnically cleansed through a campaign of murder and forced evacuation. The country is being divided along religious lines and our government appears to have decided to let that happen. The really odd thing is we seem to be backing the Shias, who are closely aligned with Iran. Remember Iran? Axis of evil? Next on the list to invade? What the hell is going on here? Dubya keeps saying that the only way we lose is if we leave before the job is done, but we appear to be going backward here. I really believe that the Bush administration has decided to just coast for the next two years and dump this problem on the next president. Then they can sit back and accuse the next administration of cutting and running etc. It’s either that or dubya has some kind of double-super-secret genius plan that can’t yet be shared with the Amurkin people, but it’s going to create peace in the Middle East any minute now if lefties like me would just stop emboldening the terrorists by badmouthing our government. Yeah, that’s probably it.
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