Operation Enduring Idiocy, Part Zillion
Of course, the government-media complex is lying to us about what’s happening in Iraq. Not only is there no good news, a lot of what’s being sold as “good” is bad-to-disastrous - either regarded in statist terms, as in acting contrary to the political and strategic interests of the US, or in terms of its likely impact on the lives and freedoms of Americans.
A truly flamboyantly ludicrous example is the attack by Iraqi government forces under Prime Minister al-Maliki, against Moqtada al-Sadr’s militia. Before the government was functionally beaten by the Sadrists, the usual suspects in the US, from the sock-puppet in the White House on down, were blatting about how great the whole fandango - “Operation Knights Assault” (thanks, Gareth Porter) - was.
What they’re not telling us is that, while al-Maliki may be a US puppet, he’s a loyal Iranian satrap:
Yes, that’s al-Maliki with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Yes, he’s the US’s current “worse-than-Hitler” Designated Devil #1.
Yes, they’re holding hands .
Meanwhile, al-Sadr, while a Shi’ite, is an Iraqi nationalist - meaning he opposes Iranian political domination of Iraq.
Yes, the US was until recently cheerleading for - and sending US troops into battle to back up - the men who are fighting for Iranian domination of Iraq, against those who are resisting Iran. Even as the rulers of the US are trying to whip up a good old-fashioned bipartisan war of aggression against … Iran.
The bad news is - these fools are trying to gain complete control over our everyday lives.
The good news is - these are the fools who are trying to gain complete control over our everyday lives.
(I’m sorry. I’ve been trying to refrain from commenting on politics. They’re evil. They waste lives. Thinking about politics is a horrible, horrible waste of resources. But this choice nonsense overcame my willpower.)
(And no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. That would be US foreign policy. And US economic policy. Oh, and the 2008 Presidential elections. Just not this post.)
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