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[blogfrommiddleeast.com] The Iraq War is not a joke, someone explain it to the Socialist Worker: That is really what the United States hopes will be the future of Iraq, that it will remain democratic, a strong democracy, a pluralistic society, where every part of the country gets to participate, that there isn't any tilting of power for or against any group within Iraq, and that, as part of their democratic future, the Iraqi people will have the benefit of their oil revenues. Not one group, not any individual, but the Iraqi people.

[The Daily Beast - Cheat Sheet] Cheney vs. Biden on Sunday Talk - The Daily Beast: Are you still waiting for that Iraqi oil to pay for the Iraq war. Do you still think Saddam has WMD's. Why would anyone listen to you guys when you have been wrong for 8 years and destroyed our country. 8 million jobs lost. ... ending hypocrisy... but the republican puppets eat that shit up!!! I hope DICK has invisible ink for his notes.... but then again he will just LIE his sorry greedy scum sucking ass off... Repukes also gobble that up like hungry little war orphans ...

[Veterans Today] Gulf War Veterans 19 years After Operation Desert Storm : Veterans ...: He said the swift victory in the war was an “incredible rehabilitation” for the Army. The malaise that hung around the military following the Vietnam War and the stagnation of the Cold War made the Persian Gulf War an opportunity to show the world what the U.S. military could do, he said.

[Atlantic Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times] U.S. Creates Its Antithesis in Iraq | Atlantic Free Press - Hard ...: has estimated that there were about 2 million Iraqi refugees in neighboring Jordan and Syria, and some 2.6 million people displaced within Iraq, in addition to millions of unemployed Iraqis -- all constituting more than half of the 27 - million population. The state infrastructure is still not rehabilitated, the central government could not secure its own safety, let alone the safety of the population, in the capital Baghdad, let alone the rest of the country, without the presence of about 115 thousand mainly U.S. troops and around 100 thousand foreign mercenaries, dubbed as security contractors, and where the basic services like water and power are either totally broken down or partially operational, and basics like fuel are in short supply in a country floating on the largest oil reserves in the world, second only to Saudi Arabia.

[BBC World Have Your Say] On air: Is Tony Blair changing your mind? « BBC World Have Your Say: So sorry Jens, but in March 2003 14 out of 18 Iraqi provinces were already completely in the hands of the rebels, and all what the US army had to do back then was to prevent them and also innocent Iraqi Muslim Shias from getting brutally murdered by the Saddami regime, and that’s completely different from invading a country and over-throwing its ruling regime and then occupying it… But the invasion of my Iraq in 2003 was NOT for the sake of saving ordinary Iraqis from their evil dictator and its brutal regime, because if that’s the case then where were our heroic saviours when Saddam and his regime were brutally murdering hunderds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians in March 2003 for no crime they’ve committed except they were Muslim Shias….

[Craig Murray] Craig Murray - Address to Scottish Independence Convention: If these clever lawyers knew what was proposed and if they knew of the lack of preparation for the aftermatch of the attack, non existent logistical and administrative consideration regards to the health and safety of Iraqs civilian population, then it is not quiet clear as to what accounts for more, 1441, written in sufficinetly rybberoid words to argue the toss, or the established human rights that apply to all who have signed the UN charter into their countries law structure.

[Ron Paul .com] Ron Paul: The war propagandists are hoping for an “incident” that ...: Just last week we had this major vote on putting tough sanctions on the Iranians where they could not even import gasoline, not even from another country. The theory behind these sanctions is that even if a country like China does any dealings and exports refined fuel into Iran, then we have to punish the Chinese, which is foolhardy.

[Binside TV] Binside TV: BUSH SHOE THROWING VIDEO IRAQIS PROTEST DEMAND RELEASE ...: Muntadar used to say all the orphans whose fathers were killed are because of Bush.” .As many as 98000 Iraqi civilians may have been killed since the war began, according to Iraq Body Count, an independent organization that tracks media reports as well as official figures.

[Comment is free: Cif America | guardian.co.uk] Salam Pax: The Iraqi shoe-thrower did journalists a disservice ...: Regrettably, some of the failings in the court's proceedings show disturbing continuity with that period. A legal culture that has not accepted concepts like the right to a credible defense and committed itself to meeting basic standards of due process links present criminal justice to past repression through the arbitrary exercise of authority'.

[TalkLeft] Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime: I realize that this principle can be taken too far, but consider that that Iraqi man knows as well as we do that Bush is war criminal, a torturer, and a murderer, and will never be held to account for any of what he's done, and was gallivanting around the Iraqi man's country--a country he, Bush, invaded and ravaged--and he may well have thought that some form of protest, however "inappropriate," was the only right response.  

[The Common Ills] The Iraq War is not a joke, someone explain it to the Socialist ...: That is really what the United States hopes will be the future of Iraq, that it will remain democratic, a strong democracy, a pluralistic society, where every part of the country gets to participate, that there isn't any tilting of power for or against any group within Iraq, and that, as part of their democratic future, the Iraqi people will have the benefit of their oil revenues. Not one group, not any individual, but the Iraqi people.

[politicalbetting.com] politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » What's Blair's appearance ...: 12/14 - I don't think you can have been paying attention to what Blair has been saying recently about Iraq. He is on record as saying that the WMD justification for war was just the one which he felt would best convince MPs and the .

[Arkansas Blog] Arkansas Blog: Obama: A scrap for the base: The twisting/turning that must occur in order to justify Monkeyboy's based-on-lies Iraq War is the hardest to witness...I almost have great pity for such...a blatant display of factual ignorance. But given that the right-wing media controls everything, Larry, I think we have a responsibility to counter the big lies when we see them...and the Republican warmongering/determination to draw us into another Muslim/Christian holy war are two of the biggest.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama WH scrambled for story to smear Walpin: Last week, leaders reached agreement on a provincial powers law that helps define Iraqi federalism, and sets the stage for provincial elections later this year. That is an important piece of legislation because it will give Iraqis who boycotted the last provincial elections - such as Sunnis in Anbar or Ninewa provinces - a chance to go to the polls and have a voice in their future.

[ZORIAH - A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND WAR PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLOG] ZORIAH - A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND WAR PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLOG: IRAQ WAR ...: With a background in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Aid, Zoriah specializes in documenting human crises in developing countries. His vitae not only lists photographic achievements and study, but also the in-depth training and experience necessary for working under extreme conditions in some of the world's harshest environments

[The Lede] The Shoe Didn't Fit - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com: Those men whose soles are tried are not solely Iraqis, but those from all over the regions so affected, who have had to feel the brunt of the incessant treading of foreign powers in search of more oil and less of everything for those from whom they would garner it. Those who think that policy is about to change due to the admonishment to listen, might listen more closely to the sound of the treading soles which incessantly trample the rights, dignity, property, and so lives of those most affected by this policy.

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