Law of Unintended Consequences(unelected Iran mullahs vs Iraq's elected mu

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-scheer8feb08.story
ROBERT SCHEER
Law of Unintended Consequences
Careful what you wish for in Iraq.
Robert Scheer

February 8, 2005

In a heightened display of saber rattling, President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have been saying nasty things about Iran's "unelected mullahs."

This is apparently so we'll be able to tell the difference between the theocracy in place in Tehran and the one coalescing in Baghdad. Although things are looking slightly brighter for Iraq after its debut election, it is still not clear why the United States has spent incalculable fortunes in human life, taxpayer money and international goodwill to break Iraq and then remake it in the image of our avowed "axis of evil" enemy next door.

In his State of the Union address, Bush denounced Iran as "the world's primary state sponsor of terrorism." At the same time, he celebrated an Iraqi election that handed power to Shiite ayatollahs who were sponsored for decades by their co-religionists in Iran and who share much of Tehran's vision of religion and politics. Does this make sense to anybody outside of the White House?

<snip>Bottom line, though, is that the Shiite ayatollahs have held the keys to Baghdad since Hussein's predominantly Sunni military regime was dismantled after the invasion. They successfully demanded an election in the midst of a Sunni insurgency and boycott, and they won it.

Washington has crashed against the limits of foreign military power as an instrument for crafting a culture of freedom for another people. It does not help that our motives are corrupted by a rapacious thirst for petroleum, our vision blurred by an insufferable ignorance of the complexity of local cultures and our presumption exaggerated by the effrontery of our own leader's claims to the wisdom of God.

[opihimoimoi]

1. Ignorant GREED is BLISS I guess.....Bush CO are blinded wuth arrogance

and ingnorance.....


When they make bronze statues of famous people....there is a tradition they use...

if the guy died in his sleep...the Horse is standing

if the guy got wounded in battle...one leg if the horse is raised...

if the guy died in battle....the Horse has 2 legs raised...

When they make a statue of Bush....his face should be under the tail of the horse....