"Another day and yet more death and destruction in the Middle East country.
"The latest violence has killed at least 54 people and injured over 100 others.
"In July, over 1,000 people were killed and over 2,300 wounded.
"You probably think Im talking about Syria. But Im not. Im talking about Iraq.
"The country that George W. Bush and Tony Blair 'liberated in 2003. The western military intervention was, we were told, going to usher in a wonderful era of democracy, freedom and human rights.
"Instead, it has ushered in an appalling decade-long blood-fest, with ordinary Iraqis having to endure a living nightmare of life in what has become one of the most dangerous countries on earth."
Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran are all Middle Eastern countries destined for regime change and probably balkanization. The latest UN speedbump in Syria to redrawing the borders of the New Middle East notwithstanding, the same war-whores in congress and the media who destroyed Iraq won't be stopped from imposing a corporate caliphate from the eastern Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea.
"Its interesting that when it comes to casualty tolls, pro-war politicians can tell us exactly how many people have died in Syria since the violence started there in 2011, (and of course for them, all the deaths are the personal responsibility of President Assad), whereas when it comes to Iraq and the number of people who have been killed there since March 2003, theres a great deal more vagueness. 'We dont do body counts on other people' Donald Rumsfeld famously declared in November 2003.
"The Iraqis killed since March 2003 (and casualty figures vary from around 174,000 to well over one million) are, for our political elite, non-people. In 2013, its only dead Syrians (and Syrians whose deaths can be blamed on Syrian government forces) that matter - not dead Iraqis."
http://rt.com/op-edge/iraq-destruction-548
"The latest violence has killed at least 54 people and injured over 100 others.
"In July, over 1,000 people were killed and over 2,300 wounded.
"You probably think Im talking about Syria. But Im not. Im talking about Iraq.
"The country that George W. Bush and Tony Blair 'liberated in 2003. The western military intervention was, we were told, going to usher in a wonderful era of democracy, freedom and human rights.
"Instead, it has ushered in an appalling decade-long blood-fest, with ordinary Iraqis having to endure a living nightmare of life in what has become one of the most dangerous countries on earth."
Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran are all Middle Eastern countries destined for regime change and probably balkanization. The latest UN speedbump in Syria to redrawing the borders of the New Middle East notwithstanding, the same war-whores in congress and the media who destroyed Iraq won't be stopped from imposing a corporate caliphate from the eastern Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea.
"Its interesting that when it comes to casualty tolls, pro-war politicians can tell us exactly how many people have died in Syria since the violence started there in 2011, (and of course for them, all the deaths are the personal responsibility of President Assad), whereas when it comes to Iraq and the number of people who have been killed there since March 2003, theres a great deal more vagueness. 'We dont do body counts on other people' Donald Rumsfeld famously declared in November 2003.
"The Iraqis killed since March 2003 (and casualty figures vary from around 174,000 to well over one million) are, for our political elite, non-people. In 2013, its only dead Syrians (and Syrians whose deaths can be blamed on Syrian government forces) that matter - not dead Iraqis."
http://rt.com/op-edge/iraq-destruction-548
