Coalition of the Wilting
With no help in sight from the coalition of the wilting, and more of our young men dying, and Iraqis not pleased with our imperialist approach the United States is considering requesting help from the United Nations. Were it not for the fact that the soldiers dying are ours, that they are our friends and neighbors, and that Iraq deserves better than a bunch of greedy arrogant assholes (The Bush Administration) screwing up there country. I would cheer a U.N. that said fuck you George W. Bush. You created the problem you fix it. The adminstration should heed Senator Kerry's call to end the US Occupation of Iraq.
Soldier Killed in Iraq; UN May Be Asked to Help
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades killed a U.S. soldier in Baghdad on Saturday as Washington considered asking the United Nations to help restore order in Iraq and contain a guerrilla insurgency. [snip] In another expression of Iraqi anger, more than 10,000 Shi'ite Muslim protesters marched through the capital to demand an end to alleged U.S. harassment of Shi'ite leader Moqtada al- Sadr. Sadr on Friday denounced Iraq's new U.S.-backed Governing Council, saying it did not represent the country. [snip] Facing daily attacks, Washington may turn to the United Nations to try to persuade countries to send soldiers or share costs, running at around $4 billion a month, diplomats said. [snip] The State Department said Washington was open to giving the U.N. a bigger role in Iraq, especially if other governments respond by offering more to peacekeeping and reconstruction.
Comments
It's nice that Kerry has come around, but if he (and so many of his peers) had spoken up rather than sucked up before the invasion, we might not be in this position now. Kerry's has a long, long shadow to pull himself out from under, and it's getting longer all the time.
An excellent point Steve. The country is without leadership and Bush is only half of the problem. The DLC and mainstream candidates are about as much help to the country as the coalition of the wilting are to our misadventure in Iraq. Better late than never, but what a disappointing state of affairs.
It is remarkable how much, even at this point the administration thinks that the solutions to our problems in Iraq include "impressive shows of force", PR spin on what constitutes a guerrilla war, and Bush Sr-esque calls to "stay the course".
As an American I identify with the soldiers that are being shot at. I want them to be safe over there and I want them all to come home. But if this war was really about defending our country from imminent threats rather than a pain-free adventure to kill Arabs, it would be surprising that we are now whining about a few dozen casualties. The mess is as much an indictment of every other American who supported this war as it is of the Administration who rode the wave of popular support (as Steve has suggested).