Hmmm...

["Did US troops fight and die so that a Muslim Theocracy could be
imposed in Iraq?"]

In a word, yes.

["Iraq is a mess - and no fancy-pants words from Washington are going 
to change that reality. We have - through the ignorance of a naive and
arrogant President with no foreign policy background or understanding 
- unleashed a monster in Iraq: fundamentalist Islam."]

Iraq is not a mess - it is a successful outcome of a greater plan to
destroy Israel. Iran could never have achieved the outcome of removing
Saddam's regime without the help of the USA and the "Coalition of the
Willing". When the time comes, Iran can roll through Iraq to battle
Israel in fulfilment of Ezekiel 38. It is a lot easier than having
to go around.

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DETERIORATION
THE SITUATION IN IRAQ

By: John LeBoutillier

The situation in Iraq - and the American domestic political equation -
are in a state of total free-fall.

First, Iraq:

As was predicted here almost four years ago, the Iran-backed Shia
Muslims, who are the majority in Iraq, are steadily taking over Iraq
and turning it into an ally of Tehran - a most ominous development 
for the United States.

Iran is truly one of the charter members of the Axis of Evil - and,
ironically, the Bush Plan is turning Iraq into an adjunct of Iran!

Under the new Constitution of Iraq, these fundamentalist Muslims will
be able to control the oil in the south and also impose their radical
political and social agenda. Women will be treated worse under this
new government than under Saddam. Beatings and stonings will be
allowed; and women will be confined to a backward lifestyle including
limited education and no outside-the-house jobs.

Did US troops fight and die so that a Muslim Theocracy could be
imposed in Iraq?

Our whole adventure in Iraq is an example of American intervention 
run amok. It is why true conservatives never liked the notion of a 
pre-emptive invasion and we don't believe in "nation-building."

We have ended up having the President of the United States calling
Abdul Aziz Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic
Revolution in Iraq and asking him to undo a previous Bush de-
Baathification Plan that Bush himself ordered 3 years ago!!! And Hakim
is so pro-Tehran that he actually fought on the side of Iran against
Iraq in the 1980's!

Iraq is a mess - and no fancy-pants words from Washington are going 
to change that reality. We have - through the ignorance of a naive and
arrogant President with no foreign policy background or understanding 
- unleashed a monster in Iraq: fundamentalist Islam.

Ironically, it is this strain of Islam that attacked us on 9/11. And
we have now helped it advance through the Middle East by handing it
another nation - Iraq - in which to establish itself.

Now, here at home:

GW Bush's presidency has been reduced to a shell of what it was eight
months ago.

Just months after his second term began, Mr. Bush has self-destructed.
His two major initiatives - Iraq and Social Security Reform - are both
total flops. And he has the lowest poll ratings of any president since
WWII with the exception of Richard Nixon during Watergate.

How could this happen?

Simple, really: As Iraq festers and our troops die, the economy here
at home has soured people. The constantly increasing price of oil and
gas steadily digs into people's savings.

GW Bush is down, according to both Gallup and Harris surveys, to a
positive rating of 40%. That is basically the base Republican vote. 
In other words, he has frittered away all other support from Independents
and Democrats.

As a former North Carolina Congressman predicted last week, "Bush 
is one Lebanon-style barracks bombing away from a total political
meltdown."

And the Democrats are no more popular these days. Polling shows the
public equally unhappy with that party.

Indeed, the political situation in Iraq and in the United States is
one of steady deterioration.



"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with
this notice and hyperlink intact."

                            -==-

Source: Ether Zone - http://etherzone.com/2005/lebo083005.shtml


Cheers, Steve..

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