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December 19, 2006
It's not hidden anymore
As Bush makes it clear that we will send even more troops to Iraq, there is very little out there that is not known. I don't think there is anyone outside of Bush's inner circle that is entertaining fantasies of some kind of "victory," whatever that may mean. I cannot really know what's in the head's of the Cheney's and W.'s of the world, whatever it may be. Still, there is little illusion, little cover, little propaganda left to hide what's going on.
Yet, we will likely send even more troops, making a bad situation worse. (Withdrawal will also make a bad situation worse, of course.) There are no good options left, and the people of Iraq will pay a heavy price for it.
Quite possibly, most of the establishment want to find a way to get out -- possibly like the scenario outlined here. Pretend to be doing something, send ultimatums to the Iraqi leadership, however that ends up being defined, and withdraw blaming Iraqis for not wanting democracy badly enough.
Just shameful.
Posted by zeynep at December 19, 2006 09:12 PM