The Wall Street Journal article published 31 Oct 2007 entitled "In Baghdad Neighborhood, A Tale of Shifting Fortunes" provides a rather upbeat viewpoint for Sayidia. Article was quoted in
Senators Clash With Nominee About Torture. However the NY Times map for that same neighborhood says things are worse than bad.
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Now, by general consent, Saydia (or Sayidia) is one of the worst neighborhoods since ethnic cleansing is ongoing - surge or no surge. Residents say it remained peaceful and tolerant until January or February when crackdowns in Sunni areas to the east and west led to an influx of hard-line Sunni insurgents. As they began killing local Shiites, Shiites turned to their own militias, principally the Mahdi Army, for help. For months, death squads from both sides have roamed the nearly deserted streets.
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Bottom line remains. George Jr says "Mission Accomplished" is a war on Al Qaeda. "If we don't stop them there, then we must stop them here." So when do we go after bin Laden? George Jr was lying and is lying.
Who are the few who still deny "Mission Accomplished"? It is a 'Civil War'. But that would contradict George Jr's propaganda. So George Jr denies what only the fully misinformed would deny one year ago. Wars cannot be won when the leader will neither admit what kind of war exists nor admit who the enemy is. Deja vue Nam.
What the Wall Street Journal,
Slate Magazine, and an
interactive Map from the NY Times all demonstrate - ethnic cleansing is ongoing and succeeding. "Mission Accomplished" has long been a Civil War created by Americans. Created when some idiot said, "Americans don't do nation building". No phase four planning is an absolute violation of the most basic principles in military science. Who said that lie? What kind of war did that liar create?
Notice how Americans who created 4 million Iraqi refugees will not take in those displaced people. Clearly it is their own fault for being Iraqis. That too is George Jr's attitude.
Words that George Jr will not admit to are 'lies', 'civil war', 'torture', 'extraordinary rendition', 'ethnic cleansing', 'puppet government', and 4 million Iraqi refugees created by George Jr only because god (or Cheney) told him what to do.