Straw and Rice (foreign ministers for UK and US) snuck into Iraq to tell Iraqi leaders that a government will stop terrorism. Right. And the elections in S Vietnam were going to stop Victor Charlie. Ironic that American leadership - totally devoid of what was happening in country (ie Vietnam) - again completely have no grasp of how bad Iraq is becoming.
Last year, some in The Cellar tried to claim Iraqi violence was exaggerated. They claimed all that reconstruction and other good works was being ignored. Well, most all projects are halted or sabotagued. BBC quote so many Iraqi this week who routinely claimed American soldiers were a greatest threat. Americans routinely fire at anyone who gets too close. Clearly Iraq is getting better. Iraq is now a net importer of oil. Somehow these and a long list of other facts get ignored in a Washington 'denial' mindset that some have even parroted here.
Well another American decrees how Iraq will get better. From the NY Times of 7 April 2006:
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Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 71 at Shiite Mosque
The attack came as the American ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in an interview with the BBC that if a unified government was not formed soon, a sectarian war could erupt in Iraq and that such a war could engulf the entire Middle East.
The explosions at the historic Baratha Mosque, in northern Baghdad, took place right after the mosque's head imam, Sheik Jalaladeen al-Sagheir, delivered a searing speech there, demanding that the incumbent prime minister step down.
The blasts scattered bodies across the courtyard, destroyed stalls of vendors selling religious texts and ripped turquoise tiles from the walls. The mosque loudspeaker blared a message urging people to donate blood, while police commandos piled charred bodies into pickup trucks. A white blanket covering one body was so soaked with blood that someone tossed a black cloth over it.
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Robin Williams starred in a movie called "Good Morning, Vietnam" where these events were also how America won the hearts and minds of the people. Mission Accomplished. Scenes literally right out of another famous book called "Ugly American".
Good Morning, Iraq. Mission Accomplished. Now all they need do is form a government. That will stop the violence. That will restore electricity (to levels that Saddam had no trouble providing). Clearly things are getting better. All they need is Americans to order the Parliament to meet again. That will solve everything according to Condi Rice and Jack Straw. Clearly only Washington knows what is best for Iraq.