Bush

So, Bush is in Europe and wants to look ahead... that is so nice for him.



I'm not planning to sweep everything under the carpet though, and most folks here feel the same.

We are not stupid children here, we understand completely what went on. Iraq was like an object lesson for us. We are to be compliant and follow the US in everything, even if it is plainly not the right thing to do. Even if the US actions are solely governed by lust for power and money.



NO!

I wont forget. I am not ready to look ahead yet. I am still looking back.

Start answering questions, America.

Start justifying yourself.

Our politicians better take notice too, these are not the middle ages and we are not uninformed, uneducated and unwashed peasants.

If you decided to take the road of least resistance remember this at the next elections.



For me, Iraq was the straw that broke the camel's back.

America invading Iraq was not OK in my book: threatening, blackmailing and bullying their allies to force compliance was not OK, not meeting your obligations as an occupying force was not OK, showing open greed and utter moral corruption in the aftermath of the invasion by scrambling like hungry lepers after the oil is not OK, not allowing the UN (weapons inspectors, peace keepers, aid agencies) in after the invasion is not OK, trying to whitewash the reason for going to war (Wolfowitz: "For bureaucratic reasons we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.") is not OK, coercing your intelligence to be corrupted is not OK, threatening France (actually having meetings to figure out how you can make them pay for not supporting you) is not OK, badmouthing France (yes, we make jokes about the French but that is different from acting heads of state behaving like bullies on the playground) and then coming over here and saying you want to look forward..... NO! this is NOT OK!



Oh, and dont try to blame it all on Ahmed Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress. Those Iraqui exiles had good reason to slant their information or to feed you wrong information - they wanted the US's help in overthrowing Saddam. That was quite understandable and can even be argued for (the lesser of the two evils) - I suspect I would have done the same, were I in his shoes. If you however choose to believe their intel as if it were gospel and plan your war accordingly, you are beyond naive.