Why We're in Iraq

I finally figured it out! It's taken all this time, but the clue that led to the answer was in a news story from a few days ago. It mentioned calls going out to the Shiite & Sunni factions in Iraq, challenging them to work together against the U.S.

And then all the pieces fell into place. I know why Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld stuck us in Iraq. It's not, as a surface examination would show, that they're incompetent boobs. No, they're sly as foxes, those three. They predicted that these two groups that got along before the invasion were going to turn on each other. So what did they do? They planted our troops right in the middle, working HARD to give each side a good reason to hate US, instead of each other.

Sure, this plan has cost the lives of thousands of Americans, and tens of thousands of Iraqis, but don't you see, it was all in the cause of fixing a situation that could not have existed if we hadn't invaded in the first place! And they were willing to sacrifice American lives to do it. Well, not, of course, THEIR lives, or the lives of anyone they know, but hey, it's a sacrifice all the same for those three who obviously care so much for humanity.

Must Read - Rummy's "Legacy"

Andrew Cockburn's book on Donald Rumsfeld will be published this week by Scribner. The book, titled "Rumsfled: His Rise, Fall and Catastrophic Legacy" is something many of us have been waiting for. A straight forward look at the horrifying reign of Rummy at the Defense Department. The story of the man that Richard Nixon, (RICHARD NIXON!!!) called a ruthless little bastard from the early days of his career to his utter failure as Secretary of Defense for the current administration. It is a must read for anyone who wants to see behind the curtain of the rush to war and the criminal mismanagement of that conflict by Rumsfeld and the administration.