800 Iraqis killed in August following a war that the US
"won" almost a decade ago. (see link below)
Does the entire population have to die before we
acknowledge that the Iraq war is in fact not even nearly over?
There is still controversy over who released the Sarin gas
in Syria that led to a plan for invasion by the US. But even if Assad's side is
the guilty party, what good can come of an invasion if it will only lead to a
war that can't be won and that will cause faction to rise up against faction as
in Iraq, leading to endless killing?
I see that Boehner now agrees with Obama that we should
kill more people in Syria against the wishes of the vast majority of Americans.
We insist on bringing "democracy" to the Middle East. Yet
democracy in a true sense would be the majority of people ruling. However,
in Egypt, we supported 'democracy' only when it led to the election of
a tyrant who immediately suspended the Constitution and persecuted
minorities.
When the majority rose up and supported the overthrow of
this tyrant, the US--supposedly the 'good guys'--suddenly protested and
threatened to cut off aid.
Now the US seeks to support Al Qaeda-linked fighters in
Syria while attempting to punish a leader who has a track record of protecting
minorities. Boehner adds his voice to those of numerous neocons like McCain,
Graham, Kerry, etc, showing that neocons really are only leftists in drag.
America no longer has a representative government.
How long will we tolerate this?
How long will the rest of the world tolerate us?
Dozens killed in new round of Baghdad bombings
A series of car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital late on Tuesday,
killing at least 36 people in predominantly Shi'ite districts, police and medics
said.
It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attacks, which appeared
coordinated, but Sunni Islamist militants, including an al Qaeda-affiliate, have
been regaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led
government.
Tuesday's deadliest blast took place in Baghdad's northern Talbiya
neighborhood, where a car bomb in a busy street killed nine people.
More than two years of civil war in neighboring Syria have aggravated
deep-rooted sectarian divisions in Iraq, fraying an uneasy coalition of Shi'ite,
Sunni and ethic Kurdish factions.
About 800 Iraqis were killed in August, according to the United Nations, with
more than a third of the deadly attacks in Baghdad. The bloodshed,
18 months after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq, has stirred concerns about a
relapse towards the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07.
-- Reuters
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