Politics When was There “Normalcy” in Iraq?
posted by on March 28 at 14:11 PM
So, I don’t get it. Was Bush trying to reclaim President Warren G. Harding’s infamous dunce cap oratory as a slap at us cosmopolitan anti-war elitists when he hauled out the “normalcy” is returning to Iraq quote yesterday.
And when exactly were things normal in Iraq in George Bush’s world view?
When the U.S. had to enforce a no-fly zone and sanctions in the 90s?
When Saddam was stalking us with WMDs? [sic]
When Saddam was working with Al Qaeda? [sic]
When Jay Garner was in control? [sic]
When Halliburton was getting sweetheart deals?
When there was no electricity?
When Paul Bremer was in control? [sic]
When U.S. contractors were burned and hung in Fallujah?
When Ahmed Chalabi was our main ally?
In Abu Ghraib?
When Zarqawi and al Qaeda in Iraq were running suicide bombings in places like Qahtaniya?
When U.S. military freelnacer Blackwater was shooting up civilians?
When the U.S. military killed civilians in Haditha?
When Turkey attacked the Kurds in northern Iraq?
Or is it today’s total blow-up which comes one day after Bush’s pronouncement?
Footnote 1: It’s fitting for Bush to hook up with Harding. From his DOJ scandals to his oil industry giveaways (Teapot Dome), Harding’s string of doofus scandals have unfortunate similarities to Bush’s reign of error.
Footnote 2: After Harding delivered his “normalcy” speech in 1920, critics agreed on a definition: A return to a time that never was.
Normalacy = pre-surge violence level.
I caught that "Return to normalcy" statement. Every step of the way George Bush has blown it in Iraq. And there are a lot of people who are deluded into "thinking" that these half- assed policys should continue. But what gets me the angriest, what I find unforgiveable, is the sending in our troops into a war of choice and badly equipping them so that many more were killed and injured than was necessary.
That I find criminal. I hope when he's finally run out of the White House he's hounded until his dying day by people who find him criminally responsible. What a detestable human this "pro-life" President is.
I caught that "Return to normalcy" statement. Every step of the way George Bush has blown it in Iraq. And there are a lot of people who are deluded into "thinking" that these half- assed policys should continue. But what gets me the angriest, what I find unforgiveable, is the sending in our troops into a war of choice and badly equipping them so that many more were killed and injured than was necessary.
That I find criminal. I hope when he's finally run out of the White House he's hounded until his dying day by people who find him criminally responsible. What a detestable human this "pro-life" President is.
So?
U.S. Troops were burned and hung in Fallujah?
(ps - the argument looks better when you get the facts straight, yo)
@5,
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0331-03.htm
Cochise, you're kidding, right? Fallujah was basically the worst action Marines saw since Khe Sahn.
i thought Blackwater was a separate entity from the "troops."
maybe i just need to look up the definition of the word troop. hmmm
Josh - #5 is right. Re-read the first sentance of the link you gave: "...the charred and mutilated bodies of four contractors.."
Don't get me wrong - I agree with the premise of your article. But it's incorrect to state that the bodies of US troops were burned & hung. They were in fact military contractors.
Josh - #5 is right. Re-read the first sentance of the link you gave: "...the charred and mutilated bodies of four contractors.."
Don't get me wrong - I agree with the premise of your article. But it's incorrect to state that the bodies of US troops were burned & hung. They were in fact military contractors.
@7 no, i'm not kidding. and when did i say there was no action in Fallujah? you're kidding, right?
i just remembered the incident that josh referred to like this:
1) Blackwater security guards roll into Fallujah.
2) crowd kills security guards
3) crowd drags, burn and hang security guards from bridge.
4) troops roll in and kick everyones ass to death.
i guess i've never heard of the incident in Fallujah where troops were burned and hung.
and if we're now calling security guards troops, please let me know.
Normalcy = when we were the ones selling Saddam WMD and the Red Bushies were the ones getting rich off of the no-bid contracts for doing so.
See also: "Victory".
cochise,
I changed American troops to American contractors.
josh - not necessary. bottom line is, we're all american troops fighting for freedom.
Freedom? We can't even fly with valid state driver's licenses inside America wearing legal nipple rings to get married in another state to our gay lover?
What freedom?
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