Eric Margolis (Toronto Sun): Three years after 'mission accomplished

[Jack Rabbit]

From the Toronto Sun
Dated Sunday March 26

The Final Say
Three years after George Bush declared 'mission accomplished,' parts of Iraq lie in ruins, threatened by anarchy and approaching civil war
By Eric Margolis

U.S. President George Bush again reassured Americans last week they were winning the war in Iraq.

Please, Mr. President, no more "mission accomplished," no more victories. Your debacle in Iraq recalls King Phyrrus' famous lament, "One more such victory and we are ruined."

The Bush administration invaded Iraq for two key reasons: 1) To seize Iraq's vast oil reserves and turn Iraq into a base to dominate the Mideast; 2) To destroy one of Israel's two main enemies (Iran being the other).

Three years later, the first goal remains elusive while the second was achieved. Large parts of Iraq -- once the Arab world's most developed nation -- are in ruins, anarchy, or approaching civil war.

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[Wwagsthedog]

1. Eric calls dick & bush a diumverate???

Whatever; sure sounds kinky to me.

[bemildred]

2. Dumbvirate. Fooligarchy. Droolocracy. nt