Breaking News for 8 June 2006
SUPPLEMENT for Thursday, 8 June 2006.
Warlord George W. Bush could hardly wait for the blood to dry before beginning to preen and crow:
“Zarqawi's death is a severe blow to al Qaeda. It's a victory in the global war on terror, and it is an opportunity for Iraq's new government to turn the tide of this struggle.”
An essential component of the shell game oppressive regimes play with their people is to divert attention from larger, structural issues by blinding them with personalities. We can see that as far back as Homer’s time. There are kernels of historical truth in The Iliad. Undoubtedly, there were struggles for hegemony among the ancient Greek kingdoms and city-states, but they turned on far greater and deeper issues than whose bed Helen shared.
It cannot be said often enough: the situation in Iraq turns on a failed state (the artifact of British imperialism) which was temporarily held together by the Ba’athist dictatorship (which was a far larger enterprise than Saddam Hussein). This untenable stability was disrupted by the war of conquest waged by the Bush regime, which was too arrogant and ignorant to prepare to impose its will on Iraq after the Ba’athists were overturned. The result: a truly Hobbesian war of all against all. (It should also be noted that failure to provide security and safety to a nation after conquering and occupying it is a gross violation of international law.)
In terms of the larger struggle, the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a mere bagatelle. Same even if the entire al-Qaida in Mesopotamia organization were dismantled. And in terms of GWOT (Global War On Terror), the Bush regime is like a doctor treating a cancer patient for sniffles, and puzzled by the continuing precipitous decline.
(The regime is already floating leaks that al-Zarqawi was betrayed by members of his own organization. A classic of psychological "black" operations. Well, who can trust anything the creatures of this regime say? The truth is not in them.)
One can hardly wait to see if the Bush regime will compound its barbarity in displaying the corpses of Qusay and Uday Hussein like hunting trophies, by parading photos of al-Zarqawi’s corpse. So delightfully “medieval”: the high-tech equivalent of dumping the corpses of the king’s enemies on the street outside his palace, with the implicit threat, “Obey, or this will be you.”
[Later addition: Of course the Bush regime couldn't resist celebrating by treating the world to photos of al-Zarqawi's dead face. This is a violation of the laws of war. Undoubtedly, as in the case of the Husseins, the regime will argue those laws don't apply in this case. So much for Mr. Bush's "Christianity," and respect for the dead.]
Warlord George W. Bush could hardly wait for the blood to dry before beginning to preen and crow:
“Zarqawi's death is a severe blow to al Qaeda. It's a victory in the global war on terror, and it is an opportunity for Iraq's new government to turn the tide of this struggle.”
An essential component of the shell game oppressive regimes play with their people is to divert attention from larger, structural issues by blinding them with personalities. We can see that as far back as Homer’s time. There are kernels of historical truth in The Iliad. Undoubtedly, there were struggles for hegemony among the ancient Greek kingdoms and city-states, but they turned on far greater and deeper issues than whose bed Helen shared.
It cannot be said often enough: the situation in Iraq turns on a failed state (the artifact of British imperialism) which was temporarily held together by the Ba’athist dictatorship (which was a far larger enterprise than Saddam Hussein). This untenable stability was disrupted by the war of conquest waged by the Bush regime, which was too arrogant and ignorant to prepare to impose its will on Iraq after the Ba’athists were overturned. The result: a truly Hobbesian war of all against all. (It should also be noted that failure to provide security and safety to a nation after conquering and occupying it is a gross violation of international law.)
In terms of the larger struggle, the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a mere bagatelle. Same even if the entire al-Qaida in Mesopotamia organization were dismantled. And in terms of GWOT (Global War On Terror), the Bush regime is like a doctor treating a cancer patient for sniffles, and puzzled by the continuing precipitous decline.
(The regime is already floating leaks that al-Zarqawi was betrayed by members of his own organization. A classic of psychological "black" operations. Well, who can trust anything the creatures of this regime say? The truth is not in them.)
One can hardly wait to see if the Bush regime will compound its barbarity in displaying the corpses of Qusay and Uday Hussein like hunting trophies, by parading photos of al-Zarqawi’s corpse. So delightfully “medieval”: the high-tech equivalent of dumping the corpses of the king’s enemies on the street outside his palace, with the implicit threat, “Obey, or this will be you.”
[Later addition: Of course the Bush regime couldn't resist celebrating by treating the world to photos of al-Zarqawi's dead face. This is a violation of the laws of war. Undoubtedly, as in the case of the Husseins, the regime will argue those laws don't apply in this case. So much for Mr. Bush's "Christianity," and respect for the dead.]
posted by HH at 8:52 AM
2 Comments:
I saw no preening and crowing on G.W's part. I thought his remarks the morning of June 8th were reserved and thoughtful. You, aparently, read what you want into your opponent's words and body language. Clean your glasses and clean out your ears.
Thanks for your comment, i don't like waffles.
We'll have to agree to disagree. One person's eagle is this man's crow.
One question remains on the table: why don't you like waffles?
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