Message from Baghdad
One of the Bush administrations big talents is enforcement of the groupthink mentality and the disciplined message. Never, never, never tell the truth is its first principle. There are signs that the Army is finding it tougher to play along.
From John Hendren's story at NPR
The carnage is now enormous. More than 100 civilians are being killed every day. Relative to Iraq's population, that's like a 9/11 every other day. And unlike 9/11, when there were many killed but few others injured, in Iraq their are many more severely wounded than killed.
Iraq, remember, had no role in 9/11, unlike GW's kissing kin in Saudi Arabia, who supplied 15 or so of the hijackers, not to mention the money to fund al Quaeda.
If the Army is speaking out now, it's because they see a situation spinning out of their control. To re-establish order, they need three or four times as many troops - troops that can't be had without a draft, and even with one, not for six months to two years.
Their is almost no chance that anything good can come out of this war, and an increasing chance that the result will be a major Mid East war with likely economic catastrophe in much of the world.
From John Hendren's story at NPR
At an unusually candid news conference, Brig. Gen. William Caldwell acknowledged things are not going as planned in the capital. Caldwell, the top American military spokesman in Iraq, stated clearly that the war for Iraq will be decided in the Baghdad's streets...
U.S. military commanders acknowledge that the Iraqi government's campaign to bring security to Baghdad is an abject failure. Violence in the capital has risen by about 40 percent in the past five days alone.
The carnage is now enormous. More than 100 civilians are being killed every day. Relative to Iraq's population, that's like a 9/11 every other day. And unlike 9/11, when there were many killed but few others injured, in Iraq their are many more severely wounded than killed.
Iraq, remember, had no role in 9/11, unlike GW's kissing kin in Saudi Arabia, who supplied 15 or so of the hijackers, not to mention the money to fund al Quaeda.
If the Army is speaking out now, it's because they see a situation spinning out of their control. To re-establish order, they need three or four times as many troops - troops that can't be had without a draft, and even with one, not for six months to two years.
Their is almost no chance that anything good can come out of this war, and an increasing chance that the result will be a major Mid East war with likely economic catastrophe in much of the world.
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