All of us, the Right, as well as the Left, have a moral duty to hold the President accountable.
From a Yahoo! AP article, Insurgents Attack U.S. Bases in Iraq :
Big scary headline:
Insurgents Attack U.S. Bases in Iraq By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
Less than scary details:
Insurgents attacked several U.S. bases and government offices with mortars Thursday before dispersing in the capital of western Iraq's Anbar province, residents and police said.The attacks in Ramadi occurred as local tribal leaders and U.S. military officials were to hold their second meeting in a week at the governor's office in the city center. The insurgents apparently tried to shell the building, but reporters inside said there was no damage or injuries.
[…] Police Lt. Mohammed al-Obaidi said at least four mortar rounds fell near the U.S. base on the eastern edge of the city, but that there were no reports of casualties.
An AP Television News video showed the insurgents walking down a shuttered market street and a residential neighborhood, as well as firing four mortar rounds. The masked men, however, looked relaxed and did not engage in any battles, and no U.S. bases or government buildings were shown.
Residents said that within minutes, scores of masked gunmen, believed to be members of Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq group, ran into the city's streets but dispersed after launching attacks with mortars in what U.S. officers said may have been little more than a propaganda stunt.
The U.S. military reported that only one rocket-propelled grenade was fired at an observation post and there were no injuries of significant damage. Life in Ramadi quickly returned to normal after the shooting.
The insurgents did leave behind posters and graffiti saying they were members of al-Qaida in Iraq and claiming responsibility for shooting down a U.S. drone. There were no reports of any U.S. drones being shot down, though.
Ramadi is the provincial capital of Anbar province, a Sunni stronghold, where clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi troops have left hundreds of people dead in the past two years. [My ellipses and emphasis]
But the "insurgents" now seem to be off their feed. Undoubtedly, It Is All Bush's Fault!
And "insurgents" is such an innocuous term, implying domestic disturbance only, for terrorists supported by funds, weapons, supplies, and troops from Iran, Syria, and the Saudis, and unemployed thugs who once tortured and killed under Sadaam Hussein. Shades of "agrarian reformers", Fidel Castro and Ho Cho Minh.
But this blatant misrepresentation is also, undoubtedly, All Bush's Fault!
Interior Minister Bayan Jabr dismissed Nouri al-Nouri, the ministry's chief inspector for corruption cases and human rights violations, on the order of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, an official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. [/] Al-Nouri, a Shiite Muslim, had been in the post since the handover of sovereignty to Iraqi in June 2004.Al-Jaafari, a Shiite, ordered an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of up to 173 detainees after U.S. forces entered an Interior Ministry lockup on Nov. 13 and found that some of those being held showed signs of torture.
Looks like the Iraq government is serious about torture in Iraq. The United States government has been serious about torture in Iraq big time. Starting with the elimination of Sadaam's institutions of torture, murders, oppression, starvation, chemical warfare, and terror. Undoubtedly, It Is All Bush's Fault!
And notice the prejudicial religious and ethnic identification of two Iraqi officials. If they were American transvestites they would not be so identified.
But this blatant discrimination is also, undoubtedly, All Bush's Fault!
