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By Robert Parry Posted by Margaret Bassett (about the submitter)
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Forget the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead and maimed. Forget the innumerable lives destroyed and the millions displaced. Forget the bizarre forms of torture at Abu Ghraib and the widespread mistreatment of detainees at other Iraqi prisons.
After all, we were being told, the war's architects were honorable and reasonable men and women who were trying to do the right thing, but sadly they were undermined by bureaucratic inertia, back-biting and, yes, incompetence. It was just one big SNAFU.
But, with a few changes here and there – a new general or two, a tweaked counter-insurgency strategy, some more U.S. soldiers and a bit more patience – everything will work out just fine.
No need for national guilt. No need for accountability. No reason to purge the editorial offices of leading newspapers and TV networks. No reason to talk about impeachment or war-crimes tribunals for committing the "supreme" crime against world peace. No need for any of that.
As President Bush said on March 27, "normalcy is returning back to Iraq," if you don't take note of the mayhem all around. One might add that a similar form of "normalcy is returning back to Washington," if you don't take note of all the lies and the self-deceptions.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com.
Become a Fan (29 fans) -- Page 3 of 3 page(s)
After all, we were being told, the war's architects were honorable and reasonable men and women who were trying to do the right thing, but sadly they were undermined by bureaucratic inertia, back-biting and, yes, incompetence. It was just one big SNAFU.
But, with a few changes here and there – a new general or two, a tweaked counter-insurgency strategy, some more U.S. soldiers and a bit more patience – everything will work out just fine.
No need for national guilt. No need for accountability. No reason to purge the editorial offices of leading newspapers and TV networks. No reason to talk about impeachment or war-crimes tribunals for committing the "supreme" crime against world peace. No need for any of that.
As President Bush said on March 27, "normalcy is returning back to Iraq," if you don't take note of the mayhem all around. One might add that a similar form of "normalcy is returning back to Washington," if you don't take note of all the lies and the self-deceptions.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com.
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A song said it all, and I lack a couple of words
by Margaret Bassett on Friday, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:59:18 PM
Hold the candidates accountable
by welshTerrier2 on Friday, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:01:06 PM
woof ! woof !
by mikel paul on Friday, Mar 28, 2008 at 7:19:15 PM
Something just crossed my mind, about impeachment
by Margaret Bassett on Friday, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:33:54 PM
Impeachment - the test of the Rule of Law
by Rady Ananda on Friday, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:09:08 PM
Keep going wth this M...there's a story here
by Cheri Roberts on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:50:48 PM
Madness all over
by Pat Williams on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:58:31 AM
yep and the churches are preaching it
by Cheri Roberts on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:52:20 PM
most bizarre from of madness
by gravity32 on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:41:29 AM
your link
by Cheri Roberts on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:54:33 PM
Cheri, Please read August Adams article on 29th re Obama
by Margaret Bassett on Saturday, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:39:52 PM