December 15, 2003
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This was going to be a comment on my last 'blog entry, about the capture of Hussein, but I decided to promote it to full-fledged 'blog entry.
Sadzi responded thusly:
"Yeah, we probably shoulda just let him run free. The Iraqi people don't deserve freedom from him, right? (Eyeroll) Some folks can find a downside in ANY fucking thing."
Sadzi: I was saying the Iraqi people deserved freedom from Hussein back in the 80s, when certain conservatives posting to Houston-area BBSes were saying I was naive to believe it was an issue that people like Donald Rumsfeld were over there making deals with the guy.
Now that it's politically expedient, however, you're all over me for not caring enough about something that's been an important issue to me for almost a couple of decades. I was saying at the time that US foreign policy in that region was setting us up for a shocker, and that's exactly what happened. And guess what? Our behavior in dealing with Hussein after his capture is another set-up... Will it be a set-up for joy and happiness? Or will it be a set-up for continued conflict and chaos? The Bush administration seems to be choosing the latter (assuming it has enough collective intelligence to understand that it's even making that choice in the first place).
We've had reports that entire Iraqi towns have been surrounded with razor wire. US forces have been kidnapping the families of key players in order to blackmail and collect intel. We've bombed towns flat in retaliation for one or two soldiers being killed. This doesn't look like freedom for Iraqis, does it? It doesn't help them trust us to set up a good government for them, does it?
The fact is that the entire Iraqi invasion is a long string of policy errors beginning with the PNAC, through the Bush Doctrine, and up to the present day, and bad decisions beginning with Bush's call for regime change without having built up an international coalition, up to the present day. The capture of Hussein justifies none of this.
If it turns out that the insurgents in Iraq were really supporting Hussein, then that problem should go away to some large degree, and when that happens, we'll know if it mattered or not that Hussein was still alive.
Which is what I said in my 'blog. So when you're ready to quit finding the negative in every little thing, come back and talk.
Comments (7)
Swoon!
I'm SO glad to see this shit hasn't stopped, even though the Nunnery closed its doors.
I do agree with you here, Homer. I barely want to live in THIS country, let alone ANOTHER U.S.-led country full of terror.
I never said I'd rather live in another country.
There's really only one thing I have hope in, and that's American Democracy.
I'm not saying you DID say that. *I* am saying that.
In particular, I was responding to this paragraph:
We've had reports that entire Iraqi towns have been surrounded with razor wire. US forces have been kidnapping the families of key players in order to blackmail and collect intel. We've bombed towns flat in retaliation for one or two soldiers being killed. This doesn't look like freedom for Iraqis, does it? It doesn't help them trust us to set up a good government for them, does it?
It just does NOT sound like a place ANYONE would want to live. At the same time, we (America) is responsible for this. And at the same time, we have ENOUGH problems of our own in THIS country. It seems all we are doing is spreading our crap around the globe.
Anyway. That's what I meant. I agreed with you, but then my next sentence was a bit of a run-on and had nothing to do with the previous sentence.
I am constantly reminded of Get Your War On's classic strip:
"Oh my god, the war on terror is gonna rule! I can't wait until the war is over and there is no more terrorism!"
"I know, remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a war on drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore! It'll be just like that!"
I question your sanity when I catch you trying to reason with Sadzi. Sorry. Had to be said.
She's NOT a reasonable person. Her line of reasoning changes with her mood/convenience/party line/whatever she ate for breakfast. Why waste your time or emotional energy?
By the way - when you warned me, I shoulda listened.
Anywho. I wrote to you. You didn't respond. Is you@mile23.com still working? Or what?
Feith
I'm not trying to reason with Sadzi. I'm 'blogging.
Send another email. It should work.
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