Obama says that the USA is “successfully” leaving Iraq? What a lame joke. Almost as lame as “mission accomplished.”
Does Obama, perhaps think it is “successful” that the USA after 7 years of bombarding Iraq has strewn depleted uranium from USA weapons of mass destruction from corner to corner of this country. Does Obama perhaps think it is “successful” that the birth defect rate in Iraq is 15 times what it was before the Bush invasion? Or perhaps Obama considers it a “success” that the middle class in Iraq has been destroyed? Without an educated middle class, there can be no democracy—a lesson Obama might consider when “representing” the people of the USA. It would be interesting indeed to know just exactly what Obama is using as his criteria to define success in Iraq.
Meanwhile . . .
by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
Ever since President Obama’s speech last Tuesday, all media, political and public attention has been focused exclusively on the war in Afghanistan. The president mentioned Iraq a few times in the speech, mostly to blame that situation for the situation in Afghanistan. At one point, however, he seemed to be making the shocking claim that the war in Iraq has been a success. “We have given Iraqis a chance to shape their future, and we are successfully leaving Iraq to its people,” he said. Hm. MORE »
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