Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
As reported here last Friday, General John Abizaid, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, sent shock-waves through the administration and the press when he admitted to Congress on Thursday that “Iraq could move toward civil war”.
This nearly frozen blogger filled in a few of the missing details, explaining that there is already a civil war in Iraq, and that it is happening largely because the Pentagon has been so busy setting up death squads there. The Iraqi death squads are modeled after the death squads set up in El Salvador in the early 1980s, in what has been described — I am not kidding — as our “democratization” of that unfortunate Central American country. And now Iraq is unfortunate enough to be the newest victim of our so-called “democratization”.
The administration is not about to admit that creating a Civil War in Iraq was part of the plan, nor will it admit that it never had any intention of winning a war in Iraq. But actions speak louder than words, and now it has become abundantly clear that their goal all along was to become embroiled in a long and difficult war there. In case you hadn’t noticed, this is exactly what has happened.
But in the administration’s eyes, there still needs to be a veil of propaganda thrown over the whole sordid tale, and our Secretary of State did her best to maintain that veil when she explained why — in her opinion — there is no civil war in Iraq.
“Well, the Kurds haven’t opted out of Iraq. The Shia haven’t opted out of Iraq.”
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She said the tell-tale sign of a civil war was a breakdown of “institutions of unity” and they, in her view, were still functioning in Iraq.
“People haven’t opted out of a unified Iraq. People haven’t opted out of the democratic institutions,” Dr Rice said.
Let me get this straight: Since the Iraqi Civil War is not the same as the American Civil War, it’s not a civil war?
How ludicrous can she get?
As a matter of cold hard fact, the term “civil war” refers to “a war between factions or regions of the same country”. Nothing about secession. Nothing about the breakdown of “institutions of unity”. Just “a war between factions or regions of the same country”. Period.
Do you want an example of a civil war in which no side wanted to leave the country? There are plenty of historical examples to draw from, including Russia.
Why Russia? Condoleeza Rice is known as an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. She knows that nobody opted out during the Russian Civil War. And she knows that it was a civil war nonetheless. But this fact is mighty inconvenient for her nowadays. So she simply ignores it.
If she is willing to stoop this low to deny that there is already a Civil War in Iraq, how much lower will she go to deny that the USA started it?
We may never know. But maybe she was hinting at something important when she added:
“Outside the system”? Just exactly who is “outside the system” and trying to cause “the breakdown of those institutions”? Other than the “geniuses” in the Pentagon?
I can’t wait to find out.
The Bush administration is a Faulty Case
When will that lying murderous Condolezza ugle face pawn be sent to prison?
Bees and honey
Rats and garbage
Where John Negroponte goes,..
death squads will soon follow.
That was a foregone conclusion.
What is the secret about that ?
Warmongers/fascist criminals,..
nothing more,.. nothing less.
Will someone remove the electrodes from Condi? The twitching is getting embarrassing.
Remember, what we are witnessing are the birth pangs of of a glorious new world order (Inc.) Death squads…that’s the ticket.
No civil war in Iraq?!!! At every turn it seems that peace is not an option for these war profiteers. With her blue satin high heel firmly planted over the throat of the bird of peace, she smiles as thousands die all around her. Condi-world-order is upon us.
the topic of my weekly cartoon, last week.
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Right on, WP. Thanks for hitting the nails you see need setting so squarely on their heads. Condi is learning to evade and squirrel from her masters, and, like them, her tactics are becoming increasingly obvious to many, many of us. Did you see last night’s Jon Stewart?
It’s “The Condi II” again . . .
http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/condi2.jpg
keith tucker #5
I love your imagery and your ‘toons are pretty cool too!
What makes a decent brain implode like that? One after the other no less. Yikes! Thanks WP for keeping it on the forefront.
JOJ #7
Yer Twisted! But I like that!
Do you think she knows she’s lying?
Heh, Big Dan, she did know, but her excuse to lie covered up the fact of the lying itself so fast, she would defend to the end that she’s not lying. Very common coping mechanism of the ego, keeps the self-loathing from freezing you in your tracks. As you can see, the people who will let their egos do this work, manufacture this “mercy” for them, could easily ruin everything, for everyone, for… ever.
Is it a civil war, or isn’t it?
keith tucker:
You’re a very talented guy.
I can always respect someone who takes a political stand and loses some of his audience. I wish more folks in Hollywood were as brave as you!
You’re already right up there with Tom Tomorrow on my list, and that’s real high!
All this talk about Condie being in trouble with Bush is nonsense. It’s just another game of “good cop, bad cop”. Same as Powell.
I loathe Condoleeza Rice.
However, I must speak up to protest the sexual component of the cartoon of her that keeps appearing here because it’s demeaning to women.
I click on a link & see a powerful, although hated, woman in a partially nude sexual pose wearing a skimpy costume.
It demonstrates an unhealthy concept of women as sexual objects for men’s use. It could have depicted cartoon Condy in jail, getting hit with her own bomb, as a chimp, being Bush’s slave etc., & still been funny.
The ugly way they drew her face was the funniest part to me, the sexual message wasn’t.
Why don’t we see a cartoon of Bush, or Cheney, or Rummy, or Rove with the same sexual component Condy’s had?
Because they aren’t women.
It’s all about the way men see women.
According to this cartoon, it’s as an object they can use & abuse.
That attitude shouldn’t be encouraged.
For instance, reports in the news say female soldiers in Iraq are being harrassed & raped by the male soldiers, as are the Iraqi women.
Although I am not of the opinion that females should serve in combat–still, if women are there risking their asses too–they should not have to take this crap off the men.
I supppose when men are under stress, they take out their frustrations on the lowest one in the pecking order, which to them, is the women.
Women didn’t create the literal cluster f*ck going on over there & women don’t keep it going.
Why are they alone made to pay extra for it?
To his credit, Keith Tucker’s cartoon’s are not sexist.
Another False Flag today ? Whats being covered up now?
Yes it is clearly another false flag BS today.
This is just a prelude to keep the idiot public in fear right before the S-elections.
The Neofascist must maintain totalitarian control.
Charlene: I don’t know what cartoon you’re talking about — or what link you click to see it. Would you mind enlightening me? Thanks.
democratization ….. death squads
democratization ….. civil war
Rice: Nobody could have predicted there would be a civil war.
They obviously don’t like our current system which restricts them to only partial control (99%) and would like to get rid of Democrats and others entirely (a la Hitler getting rid of Jews, Gipsies, homosexuals, mentally ill, etc.). When do the Republicans plan to bring this act to America? Remember, Ann Coulter, voice of the Reich, already has said we have no Constitutional Right to procreate! And, their practices don’t seem to indicate they believe we have a right to vote or to have that vote counted.
Anyone who knows Republican tactics knows they attack their opponent on the issue where they’re weakest. They try to bring down the opponent to their level.
So, though it is they who are perverting American Democracy, they say it is the Democrats who want to make it illegal for THEM to practice their political beliefs. It can only mean they intend to make Liberalism illegal. Oh what a tangled web they weave when they open their mouths and sprechen.
Charlene
I viewed the cartoon somewhat differently – as in Gross to imagine her sexy.
But I do see your view and concern. That is why I find Hustler and the other porn shop magazines vile in the way they portray women.
#5 Keith,
Great toons!
People were calling in to Al Franken’s show yesterday with possible campaign slogans for joe lieberman. The best was a guy who suggested (you have to call this out like a maitre d’):
“Lieberman! Party of one!”
I’d love to see a cartoon of that!
neoCondi
Now that the writing is on the wall, the republican dictatorship is becoming nuttier than a reichstag fruitcake.
Expect “turrism” and “insirgency” to increase in the fascist hope that “amurkans” will become scared as a result of their phoney facade.
And expect the Katrina Kids in the white house to try to convince everyone that it is everyone else’s fault.
And expect them to lose bigger and bigger in the hearts and minds of Americans as time goes on.
WP
#7
Mahalo to bluebear,larry b,charlene & Joan. I Greatly appreciated all your coments. I keep trying. As for loosing audience, I’m only in a small handful of weekly papers, so feel free to let any weeklies in your aera know about the toons. Lie-berman, party of one, hmmmm, I’ll think about it. However, that the Big Baby is now joining Ralph Nader as a spoiler with Republican funding. And as the ROVE connection comes to light, I wonder if he’s just some blowhard egotist with no sense of honor. This LOOSER must be stripped of all his Democratic seats. He sits on many Democratic comities and must be completely removed, ASAP spread the word no more D.I.N.O.’s
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Kieth Tucker
Here’s a Link to a petition calling for Lieberman to be stripped of his seats.
Bluebear, thanks I’ll send it around after I add my name to it. Lie-berman doesn’t respect the will of the people, and he’s being used by the Republicans, cause they know what a swelled head he has.
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