Iraq War And The Cindy Sheehan

After extended attacks against her by both the right and the Democrat left, Cindy Sheehan has decided to leave the anti-war movement as a public face. This comes a little over a week after the Democrats and the White house passed the Iraq war spending bill that basically gives George Bush a blanch check. But Sheehan the end for came due to the hate mail and death threats that she started to receive after she and those at camp Casey attempted to hold the Democrats under the same level of scrutiny that the Republicans have been under the past two years. Sadly enough, as she stated in her diaries, she will have to live with the fact that her son died for no reason, more accurately though, the death of her son came as a mere stepping stone for those who trade on Wall Street.   

As Cindy Sheehan steps down from her post and the left scrambles to find a new face to rally behind, the death toll of Iraqi citizens, insurgence and US troops continues to skyrocket as May proved to be one of the deadliest months for all sides which is a clear sign of how fast the country continues to spiral into a civil war. And the Democrats once again act like a defeated party, handing Bush what amounts to a blank check and at the same time painting themselves into a corner. Of coarse they could have ended the war with three words, no more money. While Bush walks around like the cock of the roost and the Democrats once again break the hearts of their supporters, the number of Iraqis citizens who have been killed since March by military intervention is getting dangerously close to 80,000. This number does not include those who have died from suicide bombers, nor does it take into account those who have died from disease and militia attacks. Those numbers have been reported some where between 400,000 and 700,000+.

For American troops, the number is approaching 4000 which numbers of serious injuries reaching the 10s of thousands. There still is no sign of any mission to secure peace in Iraq but for those who have been following the news over the past several years, this comes as no surprise. In fact have been several reports before the first bomb dropped that warned of a civil war breaking out in the region.

For those who are serious about finding about what is irritating the situation beyond the 14 hours of energy a day, the new Iraqi oil bill that would hand the country’s main resource over to US oil companies and the surge in killings since 03, you can Google an article called Carving Up Iraq. The piece paints a clear picture of a US plan to carve up the Iraq in similar fashion to that used in the Middle East by the British. Don’t forget that Bush did propose a plan to do this very thing. His plan would create a Kurdish territory in the North and then split up the rest of the country Shiites and the Sunni’s with no regions set assigned for the Turkish man. Each leader, undoubtedly  would have to be approved by US authorities. One only has to follow the patterns that have been followed for the past 6 years. The plan was rejected of course and the pentagon has been given the green light by the White House to build multi-billion dollar, permanent military bases. Reports of the bases by human rights state these bases have one purpose only, long term occupation. The Bush white house has stated that they see a US presents for the next 50 years, as stated in the Metro.  Perhaps the Democrats would have been well advised to have paid attention to these details before they passed Iraq war spending bill.  

So there you have it, as the Democrats blow it, again, Cindy Sheehan  steps down at the worst possible time but, looking at her situation, one could hardly blame her.

Until next time

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