> With the u.s.
> troops mostly confined to their impregnable bases, venturing forth only
> to smash any insurgent force that thretens to establish order, troubles
> can be balmed on the barbarian Iraqi people while smidgeons of order can
> be credited to the u.s. forces.
Whatever are you talking about? The military arm of the US Empire is being ground to pieces in the Tigris-Euphrates meatgrinder. 2000 dead, 15000 officially wounded, at least 50,000 more deeply traumatized, morale in the pits, $200 billion down the toilet, and the insurgents are taking out Bradley fighting vehicles like they're popcorn.
Neither the US people (who supply the bodies for the war machine) nor the US' leading creditors (who supply the finance) have any stomach for this. The oiligarchy is melting down at last.
-- DRR