A perfect storm of political imperfection...
by: John Patterson, A Kansas Democrat (reposted with permission)
There is a perfect storm of political imperfection brewing this very day in Iraq.
Bush's arrogant, Neocon-contrived supposition that a psuedo-nation such as Iraq, held together only by the extreme brutality of Saddam and his Sunni death squads, could be knit in one historic military moment into a democratic example to the whole Middle East, is going to be tested to the brink in the days and weeks to come.
Hidden not too secretly away in a Washington Post story this morning is the evidence of the makings of a perfect storm of political upheaval that threatens to become a full-scale "Iraqi" civil war.
But unlike the Civil War we remember in our own American history, this storm has three "fronts", each with its own well-armed military, its own foreign support mechanism, and its own foreign loyalties.
In today's (Sunday, September 3) Washington Post story "A Demand For Saddam Hussein's Release" all three of these converging fronts are clearly identified, and acknowledged as being in the process, at this very moment, of solidifying their independent powers into separate and inevitably warring factions.
1. "A coalition of 300 Iraqi tribal leaders, ...most of them Sunni Arabs, ...on Saturday demanded the release of Saddam Hussein so he could reclaim the presidency and also called for armed resistance against U.S.-led force..."
2. "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled to the southern city of Najaf on Saturday to discuss the deteriorating security situation with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani..."
3. "Arabs across the country expressed anger at a decree by Massoud Barzani, president of the regional government in Kurdish-populated northern Iraq, forbidding the Iraqi flag to be raised in government buildings across the north."
Turdblossom just may not be able to stave off this triple-sided civil war, long enough to keep control of a wayward Republican Congress.
Try as they might, while Rove and his extensive web of secret political operatives may be able to manage the slow MSM leakage of truth to the American public, when this three-headed "perfect storm" of Middle Eastern civil war begins to converge, our upcoming political cycle may well prove much more difficult for them to control.
Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are trying to blame the media, the American public and the Iraqi "people" for this confluence of deadly destinies. If the full fury of this storm hits before election day, and our soldiers are caught in the crossfire, Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld will have no one but themselves left to blame.
Any US Congress-man (or woman), Democrat or Republican, who is still attached to this war, to the Bush gang, or to some twisted nationalistic ideology, might just lose their seat sooner than they imagine.
John Patterson
QuestionItNow - Still In Iraq
There is a perfect storm of political imperfection brewing this very day in Iraq.
Bush's arrogant, Neocon-contrived supposition that a psuedo-nation such as Iraq, held together only by the extreme brutality of Saddam and his Sunni death squads, could be knit in one historic military moment into a democratic example to the whole Middle East, is going to be tested to the brink in the days and weeks to come.
Hidden not too secretly away in a Washington Post story this morning is the evidence of the makings of a perfect storm of political upheaval that threatens to become a full-scale "Iraqi" civil war.
But unlike the Civil War we remember in our own American history, this storm has three "fronts", each with its own well-armed military, its own foreign support mechanism, and its own foreign loyalties.
In today's (Sunday, September 3) Washington Post story "A Demand For Saddam Hussein's Release" all three of these converging fronts are clearly identified, and acknowledged as being in the process, at this very moment, of solidifying their independent powers into separate and inevitably warring factions.
1. "A coalition of 300 Iraqi tribal leaders, ...most of them Sunni Arabs, ...on Saturday demanded the release of Saddam Hussein so he could reclaim the presidency and also called for armed resistance against U.S.-led force..."
2. "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled to the southern city of Najaf on Saturday to discuss the deteriorating security situation with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani..."
3. "Arabs across the country expressed anger at a decree by Massoud Barzani, president of the regional government in Kurdish-populated northern Iraq, forbidding the Iraqi flag to be raised in government buildings across the north."
Turdblossom just may not be able to stave off this triple-sided civil war, long enough to keep control of a wayward Republican Congress.
Try as they might, while Rove and his extensive web of secret political operatives may be able to manage the slow MSM leakage of truth to the American public, when this three-headed "perfect storm" of Middle Eastern civil war begins to converge, our upcoming political cycle may well prove much more difficult for them to control.
Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are trying to blame the media, the American public and the Iraqi "people" for this confluence of deadly destinies. If the full fury of this storm hits before election day, and our soldiers are caught in the crossfire, Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld will have no one but themselves left to blame.
Any US Congress-man (or woman), Democrat or Republican, who is still attached to this war, to the Bush gang, or to some twisted nationalistic ideology, might just lose their seat sooner than they imagine.
John Patterson
QuestionItNow - Still In Iraq
posted by REB 84 at 9/06/2006 06:41:00 AM
2 Comments:
John/Reb
This is what I was just talking about Reb. This guy sent this to me yesterday. Quite sobering and interesting as to what the rest of the world thinks about what is happening. http://www.diplomatkalkigaur@yahoo.com I wish I could send you this guys email but I don't seem to be able to find yours.
Let me know what you think! I will be right back with why we are really in Iraq and why Bush and Rummy appear inept but it is a plan and they must stay the course, lying to the world in order to implement their new world order.http://www.teambio.org/2006/09/bush-not-fighting-war-on-terrorism-new-world-order-is-the-only-goal-what-more-proof-do-you-need/#more-6280 Again, let me know what you think!
Jim,
That diplomat link did not work. I will be cross-posting this response to your Bring It On! editorial.
The next time the other side tells you the Democratic Party has no plan to fight the "war on terror" point them to this The Real Security Act of 2006
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