August 25, 2005
constitutional monarchy
the day draws near. soon, the iraqis will have their very own constitution, and our troops can get the hell out, and we can pretend some sort of progress has been made.
Galbraith said the draft fell well short of the sort of democratic government the Bush administration hoped to install in Iraq. “The U.S. now has to recognize that they overthrew Saddam Hussein to replace him with a pro-Iranian state,” he said.
that pretty much sums up the entire situation right there. we topple a government that was a pain in the ass (but kept the people fed, and for the most part, alive), and replaced it with what amounts to a civil war, with food shortages, unsubstantiated killing (on both sites), and general chaos.
awesome.
oh, and – not that there’s anything wrong with democracy – but I’d like to point out that this is a republic. apparently, most of america didn’t get the memo. democracy is for the greeks and their fancy-pants bathhouses. we get things done the american way: hire elect someone else to do it.
well, at least we removed the weapons of mass destruction, right? because there were tons. it was like a damn WMD orgy over there; you couldn’t go 10 feet without stepping on one. good thing we cleaned that up.
to top it all off, it’s not good enough that we invade countries and destroy their cities on false pretenses, we also have to do so in the name of peace, or whatever else sounds convincing. it’s not just about fun and profit anymore, we have a fucking agenda, you know. our leadership has decided that we must make every other country out there like us, or they’re not invited to the party.
making everyone equal, giving everyone the same rights – yeah, you know what that’s called? communism.
start stocking up on canned food, comrade. we’ve got a long 3 years ahead of us.