http://goofyblog.net/early-histories-ii-iraq/ Your Daily Commentary on the Weird, Wacky, Strange and Odd News from Around the Globe! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://goofyblog.net/early-histories-ii-iraq/#comment-91328 Wed, 16 May 2007 17:36:37 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/early-histories-ii-iraq/#comment-91328 [...] From any vantage point outside the U.S., the Hydrocarbon law can be seen for what it is. Not here though and the Dem’s endorsement of it strengthens the insurgency making the situation worse not better. It’s more of the same stuff I wrote about in February (Early Histories II: Iraq). There is a reason why we are building a gigantic embassy and multiple secret and not so secret military bases there. Now, it is crystal clear, for all the world to see. Moreover, let’s just say this about the Democratic Party. They can wash their hands of this war as much as they want publicly, but their endorsement of this crude neocolonial exploitation plan makes them accomplices in the occupation, and further legitimizes the insurgency. It is hard to argue with the logic of armed resistance to U.S. forces in Iraq when both American parties, representing the vast majority of the American voting public, endorse the same draconian plan to rob the country’s riches. This isn’t a situation in which there’s going to be a better deal down the road, after Bush gets thrown out of office. Looking at it from that point of view, peaceful cooperation with the Americans is therefore probably impossible for any patriotic Iraqi; the economic consequences are too severe. [...] […] From any vantage point outside the U.S., the Hydrocarbon law can be seen for what it is. Not here though and the Dem’s endorsement of it strengthens the insurgency making the situation worse not better. It’s more of the same stuff I wrote about in February (Early Histories II: Iraq). There is a reason why we are building a gigantic embassy and multiple secret and not so secret military bases there. Now, it is crystal clear, for all the world to see. Moreover, let’s just say this about the Democratic Party. They can wash their hands of this war as much as they want publicly, but their endorsement of this crude neocolonial exploitation plan makes them accomplices in the occupation, and further legitimizes the insurgency. It is hard to argue with the logic of armed resistance to U.S. forces in Iraq when both American parties, representing the vast majority of the American voting public, endorse the same draconian plan to rob the country’s riches. This isn’t a situation in which there’s going to be a better deal down the road, after Bush gets thrown out of office. Looking at it from that point of view, peaceful cooperation with the Americans is therefore probably impossible for any patriotic Iraqi; the economic consequences are too severe. […]

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