Looking back

The Washington Post decided to reprint (in January 2009) some columns as part of a series that shed light on current events. They re-published a piece written by Senator Byrd on 08-23-03. It is called Unprepared for Peace in Iraq and starts with this paragraph:

As the situation in Iraq continues to spiral out of control, an anxious nation watches. Despite assurances to the American people that our troops would be welcomed with open arms as liberators, U.S. soldiers are increasingly being met with guns and car bombs. The bombing at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad has clearly exposed our vacant policy in Iraq. The American people are told to be patient, that winning the peace will take time. Meanwhile, the frustration of the Iraqi people grows by the day, as does their anger. The inability of the United States even to restore basic amenities further fuels the fire.

It seems that no one paid much attention to the re-posting of this article – maybe it does not matter much to Americans any more what was said five or six years ago. Maybe they think things are just fine in Iraq. Maybe they are as uninformed as they were when we invaded Iraq. I was the only one to post a comment on this article, and this is the comment I posted:

The war on Iraq was a war of aggression. They did not bomb us, shot at us, or even threaten us until the US troops were sent in there.

And today, Iraq is destroyed. About 20% of the population is either dead or a refugee - having fled for their lives and leaving their homes behind. And probably about 70% of the rest of the population has been badly damaged form this war and invasion.

FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT?

FOR WHAT DID WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN?

AND HOW COME WE ARE NOT BRINGING THE WAR CRIMINALS WHO STARTED THIS WAR TO JUSTICE?

WHAT THE H*LL IS WRONG WITH US? HOW COULD WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN?

HOW COULD WE NOT BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE?

And I would also like to know why the WaPo and other corporate media did not expose the truth that there were no WMDs in Iraq. I work as a pediatric audiologist, and I figured it out in my free time on a six year old computer with a dial up internet connection. SO ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID?

OR JUST LYING?

EITHER WAY YOU SHOULD ALL RESIGN IN SHAME FOR THE INABILITY TO DO YOUR JOB.

The only difference between Hitler's wars of aggression and Bush's war of aggression is the number of people dead. Hitler, it appears killed 50 times more than Bush did.

And, in regards to that war in Afghanistan - that also IS A VERY STUPID WAR.

AFTER ALL, WE DIDN'T GO AND BOMB MURPHY NC IN ORDER TO GET ERIC RUDOLPH, did we? And we didn't bomb McVeigh's hometown, so why the H*LL DID WE GO AND INVADE AND BOMB AFGHANISTAN?

Is it because we are too d*mn stupid to figure out how to solve a crime without turning into mass murderers?

Sometimes, I think I could cry and cry for days for the evil that I have seen this country do in the last few years.

1/15/2009 7:47:32 PM

Link to full article.