Peace in the Holy Land. posted by Richard Seymour

Schadenfreude: Part Three

The future of Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people. After years of dictatorship, Iraq will soon be liberated. For the first time in decades, Iraqis will soon choose their own representative government ... The day when Iraqis govern themselves must come quickly ... Coalition forces will remain in Iraq as long as necessary to help the Iraqi people to build their own political institutions and reconstruct their country, but no longer.

JOINT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
AND PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR ON IRAQ,
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
April 8, 2003

"The new Iraqi interim government scheduled to take control on July 1 will have only "limited sovereignty" over the country and no authority over U.S. and coalition military forces already there, senior State and Defense officials told Congress this week ... "So we transfer sovereignty, but the military decisions continue to reside indefinitely in the control of the American commander. Is that correct?" Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) asked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, on Tuesday. "That's correct," Myers replied."

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday that the war in Iraq is going "reasonably well" but acknowledged the United States faces long-term involvement there ... "Decades is probably not unreasonable."

As the old saying goes, you can lead a dickhead to war, but you can't make him think.

And meanwhile: The New Iraq Has a New Flag! The colour scheme looks vaguely familiar. Blue, white, religious symbol in the centre... Could this be the new Islamic Israel ? And why is Syria suddenly aflame? Wasn't the Middle East supposed to be on the verge of peace ?