Reply #117: The occupation has been defeated

[Jack Rabbit]

All this is doing is asking us to believe that, with 82% of the Iraqi people believing it would be a good idea for the Bushies to give up and go home, there is something the Bushies can do besides give up and go home.

Somewhere in this piece we hear the "White Man's Burden" justification for the invasion. Nevermind what the Iraqis think; we westerners are civilized and know what's best for them. If they don't trust us, we'll just force our goodwill down their throats. All we ask in return is that they don't hate us and sell us their oil cheap.

The Iraq project failed. It could not have made things better, and it in fact has made things worse.

How could the Right have been so wrong?