[lbo-talk] AP: Destruction of mosque pushes U.S. troops towards "do nothing" mode of operation

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 24 08:36:41 PST 2006


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>Because what 'needed to be done' just happened when 'whomever' blew
>up that mosque.

Whoever, actually.

This is utterly stupid. Chaos in Iraq does not serve any US purpose right now - either the long-term needs of the empire or the short-term electoral needs of the GOP, which requires getting out ASAP (in a way consistent with the needs of the empire, of course). Yesterday you said they needed weapons contracts; today you say it's a pretext for getting out in 72 hours. Iraq blew up in the face of the neocons. Things haven't gone their way. They're fucked. Iraq is fucked. Why peddle this nonsense?

Doug



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