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Where is this widespread American support that the administration claims will be forthcoming? It never appeared internationally or among any Iraqi political group. Correct. Not one Iraqi political group has stood up to support the American conquering army. Even Alexander the Great got better support from the peoples he conquered. But then Alexander did not lie repeatedly.

Whether from Jessica Mathews or from so many independent sources, the same point keeps coming back. The administration line of 'things getting better' only exists in a centralized bureacracy isolated in Baghdad. Those who visit the field say things are bad. So bad that Americans cannot even find Saddam. Those who talk to Iraqi 'powerless' leadership return with opinions of frustrated Iraqis. These are suppose to be OUR chosen Iraqis. Why then are they not even trusted to form a government?

It took the US seven years to finally develop a Constitution; a country of monolithic people united by a common struggle. Suddenly a country without any history of self rule (victims of colonialism followed by terranical dictatorship), with numerous religious and political rivalries, with widespread depotism and hate, and without any knowledge of democracy is, instead, going to adopt a Constitution in only 6 months. Who writes this fiction? International diplomats and non-US news services are calling it absurd. But then look who thinks this is all going to happen. George Jr who could not even name the president of Canada when running for President. A man without any international or historical knowledge says Iraq will have a government in 6 months. We cannot even trust the Iraqis to form a provisional governement now! Where does he invent these numbers?

Too many independent political professionals, too many retired military men, too many international leaders are saying this will not happen.

We are losing about 1 soldier every day since George Jr declared the war over. We are occupying a nation that we don't even trust to rule itself. And we do not even have Americans in the field. The MBA inspired bureaucracy is holed up in safe compounds in Baghdad because its just not even safe to go out and rule. We are so ill informed as to even keep UN support out when our own military does not have the manpower to maintain the occupation.

And if that was not bad enough, Ambassador Wilson goes on Nightline last night (30 Sept) to name names.

On July 6, Wilson wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about Iraq's weapons programs. He cited specifically a line from President Bush's State of the Union speech about Iraq seeking uranium from Africa — information the White House later admitted was inaccurate.

Even the White House now admits the President lied. But they would still seek revenge on Wilson! Ambassador Wilson paraphrases what reporters are telling him even one week after the White House exposed a covert CIA agent - his wife. Wilson says on Nightline what reporters are telling him.

'I just got off the phone with Karl Rove. He tells me your wife is fair game.'

Fair Game! A covert CIA agent is "fair game" according to a senior White House official. The administration says this did not happen. More lies? But why would they stop lying?

Nightline notes why Iraq remains a problem:

With increased bombing of soft targets and daily killings of U.S. troops, the Bush administration characterizes the Iraqi armed resistance as a terrorist phenomenon. Although this violence has emerged as a major obstacle to reconstruction in Iraq, the reality is too complex to simply broad-brush it as "terrorism." ... Armed resistance in Iraq represents a broad spectrum of political and ideological forces that need to be understood individually before they swell, coalesce, and become a major threat.

But the administration would 'sound byte' the whole thing down to a 'war on terrorism'. Maybe not a lie. Just outright misrepresentation.

If your news sources don't make it obvious, then your news source is probably limited to George Jr administration spin. Things are that bad in Iraq. We went blindly into the unjustified conquest of another sovereign nation - and even without an exit strategy. Did we not learn from VietNam, Lebanon, or Somolia. Remember what the military predicted and what the administration forcefully denied? At least two years and 200,000 troops. This week, the administrtion admitted we will be in Iraq through 2004 - at least two years. Who was lying? It was not the military. Same administration would even commit a felony - expose a CIA agent - because the facts don't agree with administration spin and a Presidential speech.

BTW, as if our debts are not big enough. Somehow this administration thinks nothing of 'throwing money like it was a grenade' into Iraq. Like good MBAs, they would solve problems by throwing money at it. We now have a military that spends more money than all other militaries in the world combined. But this George Jr thinks we don't spend enough money on defense. Defense from what? Well he has only encouraging the entire Arab world to execute terrorist attacks on the US. Therefore George Jr is building a chain of military bases completely across the north side of Muslim Asia. There is now talk of permanent American bases in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Does history not cite military excursions as the quickest way to destroy a world power? But that is history. What does George Jr know about history? We now spend more money on military than all other world militaries combined!

How did this administration advocate a solution to a spy plane incident? Administraton officials actually advocated war with China. No wonder we are in this hole with an administration that lies - repeatedly. They don't even care if the war is justified. Who's next?

We have the government our Supreme Court elected. We have a government that even lied about aluminum tubes when they knew it was a lie. They lied about Niger yellowcake (nuclear fuel) in the President's State of the Union address knowing full well it was a lie. We have not seen so much lying from a President since Nixon said he was not a crook.

What have we not seen yet? Predicted: an Iraqi occupation would only inspire Arabs everywhere to attack Americans. EVen US commercial aircraft now need expensive defensive weapons - at the expense of what here in America? Look at how low Americans are now regarded because George Jr attacks Iraq for no reason. He even undermined and destroyed the Oslo Accords as the Norwegian Foreign Minister predicted. We still have terrorism against Americans everywhere to look forward to because of a right wing extremist American government. We were not so hated when Clinton was president. Life becomes dangerous when a president has insufficient intelligence and no honesty.

Nightline says:

Three steps are needed to legitimize political reconstruction and retrieve the Iraqi project. First, Iraq must be fully internationalized and the world community must be brought in as a real partner ... Second, the challenge facing the United States is how to reduce U.S. military presence in Iraqi towns and cities while providing security for citizens. ... Finally, U.S. authorities must expedite the process of transferring power to Iraqis.

Even Nightline understands what is required. The George Jr admininstration is not doing any of this. Instead their solution is to seek revenge on Ambassador Wilson, who exposed another administration lie. Instead they would attack his wife; commit a felony - then deny what Karl Rove was saying.

He called her "Fair Game" - which is the title of that Nightline broadcast where Amb. Wilson names names. Too many news sources all imply the same inevitable conclusion. This George Jr administration lies. Lies justified by a right wing extremist political agenda.