...Um, ok, are we talking out of both sides of our mouth here?
Returning to Fallujah
Did I miss something? Was I asleep when I was told we were fighting for Iraqi freedom? Was I visualizing something else entirely? Maybe Bush and I have different definitions of 'freedom'. Apparently his involves DNA profiling.
Look, I can hear it now, so all you conservatives can save your breath: 'We're at war here, and Fallujah was a large battleground insurgent zone, it's expected that the armed forces are gonna be a little paranoid'. I expected curfews and patrolling the streets. DNA testing and retina scans to doublecheck identity seems a little over the top. in my humble opinon. Slightly costly too, and with a seven trillion dollar debt, you can bet that that's going to blossom into more in a short period of time. I can even admire Bush's commitment in making sure we make the Janurary deadline in elections.
It's a lousy way to preach freedom to the masses, though. I guess when I visualized the US talking about Iraqi freedom I visualized a mini third world USA, with the family car, the free speech on TV...maybe a few Marines for security, but not this. Iraqis enjoying our kind of freedom we have here. Hell, even introduce them to the internet. It's a far cry, isn't it?
Could Putin be correct and not just spouting sour grapes? Are we forming our own dictatorship in this case? I fear that while he is bitter about the Ukraine elections and the Iraq invasion and a few other matters, the man is not completely wrong with his description of democracy by dictatorship, and I wonder if elections in Iraq can be handled in a war zone, no matter how 'stable' of one happens to be.
Putin slams dictatorships in West.
When is freedom not quite freedom? And do these people have less freedom then when we 'liberated' them?
Maybe we need to stop and ask these questions.
Glad he's free, but sad we've got a long way to go for the Iraqis, the wolf dragon/AWM
Sol