Iraq and the arrogance of Washington
CounterPunch
by Ron Jacobs
10/26/08
I should be used to it by now, but I’m not. When I read statements from US policymakers telling the world that Iraq is still not capable of defending itself without US help, I am still angered and amazed at the bold-faced arrogance. Most recently, several US political leaders and generals have told the Iraqi and American people that only they know when it is time for US troops to leave Iraq. Furthermore, while Iraqis from virtually every segment of that nation’s political sphere demand changes in the US-imposed agreement to keep US forces there, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice vocalizes Washington’s response: we decide what we want to do in Iraq and we decide how long we will stay, so take it or leave it. If you leave it, then we will find another way to stay, and if we do, we will make your lives more miserable than we already have...
http://counterpunch.org/jacobs10242008.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+deal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleeza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Jacobs
by Ron Jacobs
10/26/08
I should be used to it by now, but I’m not. When I read statements from US policymakers telling the world that Iraq is still not capable of defending itself without US help, I am still angered and amazed at the bold-faced arrogance. Most recently, several US political leaders and generals have told the Iraqi and American people that only they know when it is time for US troops to leave Iraq. Furthermore, while Iraqis from virtually every segment of that nation’s political sphere demand changes in the US-imposed agreement to keep US forces there, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice vocalizes Washington’s response: we decide what we want to do in Iraq and we decide how long we will stay, so take it or leave it. If you leave it, then we will find another way to stay, and if we do, we will make your lives more miserable than we already have...
http://counterpunch.org/jacobs10242008.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=security+deal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Condoleeza+Rice
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Jacobs
rudkla - 27. Okt, 09:22
