Blaming the Iraqis for the Iraq Disaster

[babylonsister]

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/022107a.html

Blaming the Iraqis for the Iraq Disaster

By Ivan Eland
February 22, 2007

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The Bush administration tried to get away with accusing the Iranian political leadership of providing armor-penetrating explosives to Shi’ite militias in Iraq, but when Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he saw no evidence of such leadership involvement, the administration quickly backpedaled.

Of course, if the Iranian leaders aren’t providing such materials and training to Shi’ite militias in Iraq, one should wonder why not. One might forgive even the despotic tyrants in Iran for being a little nervous.

Troops from the hostile government of the United States have invaded and occupied countries on both sides of Iran—Afghanistan and Iraq. If a hegemonic foreign power had invaded Mexico, who would doubt that the United States would aid Mexican resistance? Yet, contrary to the findings of the U.S. intelligence community, the administration is now trying to foist the blame for the Iraqi sectarian civil war on Iran.

The situation is so bad in Iraq that U.S. politicians of all political stripes are looking for someone—anyone—else to blame. In the debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on the congressional resolution disapproving of President Bush’s escalation of the war, Republican Ric Keller, who opposed the escalation, blamed the Iraqis for their troubles:

"Imagine your next-door neighbor refuses to mow his lawn and the weeds are all the way up to his waist, so you decide you’re going to mow his lawn for him every single week. The neighbor never says thank you, he hates you and sometimes he takes out a gun and shoots you. Under these circumstances, do you keep mowing his lawn forever?

"Do you send even more of your family members over to mow his lawn? Or do you say to that neighbor, you better step it up and mow your own lawn or there’s going to be serious consequences for you?"

Although Mr. Keller’s opposition to the President’s escalation should be praised, the arrogance implicit in this statement also runs through similar statements by Democratic war opponents. Because they want to get re-elected, politicians can’t “blame America” for the problems in Iraq so they have to blame the Iraqis.

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[Webster Green]

1. It is infuriating to see the dems blaming the Iraqis..

I expect it from the pukes, but quite a few dems have done it as well.

They are arrogant and clueless.

[shance]

2. Better tittled : Blaming Iraqis for the Intentional Disaster created by Bush and Company

n/t

[azurnoir]

3. The whole putrid mess is based on arrogance

or the "we" know better then them principle. Where does any Westerner of any political persuasion get off telling Iraqi's what is best for them?