When All Else Fails...
& Execute the dictator. Its that simple. When American troops are being killed by the dozen, when the country you are occupying is threatening to break up into smaller countries, when you have militias and death squads roaming the streets and youve put a group of Mullahs in power- execute the dictator.
Everyone expected this verdict from the very first day of the trial. There was a brief interlude when, with the first judge, it was thought that it might actually be a coherent trial where Iraqis could hear explanations and see what happened. That was soon over with the prosecutions first false witness. Events that followed were so ridiculous; its difficult to believe them even now.
....... Once again& The timing of all of this is impeccable- two days before congressional elections. And if you dont see it, then Im sorry, youre stupid. Lets see how many times Bush milks this as a success in his coming speeches.
A final note. I just read somewhere that some of the families of dead American soldiers are visiting the Iraqi north to see what their sons and daughters died for. If thats the goal of the visit, then, Ladies and gentlemen- to your right is the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, to your left is the Dawry refinery& Each of you get this, a gift bag containing a 3 by 3 color poster of Al Sayid Muqtada Al Sadr (Long May He Live And Prosper), an Ayatollah Sistani t-shirt and a map of Iran, to scale, redrawn with the Islamic Republic of South Iraq. Also& Hey you! You- the female in the back- is that a lock of hair I see? Cover it up or stay home.
And that is what they died for.