In his speech yesterday, George Bush said:
In this city, we see the outlines of the Iraq that we and the Iraqi people have been fighting for….The story of Tal Afar also shows that with a basic level of safety and security, Iraqis can live together peacefully, he said.
Bush: Success in Tal Afar Shows Evidence Iraqi Strategy Working.
A desperate attempt to show Americans that the US is making progress in Iraq, lack of a single example Bush chose Tal Afar as a model.
First, Tal Afar is not a “city” as you understand the word, Tal Afar is much, much smaller than a city and something just bigger than a village.
We had a long discussion before on this here.
How safe is Tal Afar?,
This Arabic link from Iraqi website today says it all, I will translate it as it is:
Mortar fire attack on coalition head quarter in Tal Afar injured one soldier, transported later to the hospital.
On the same or other subject (call it what you want), Bush said today:
Bush says U.S. to use military might to protect Israel,
From who?, Sure from Iran
Well, he is the same Bush who ready to talk to Iran about the Iraq issue.
Iran Agrees to Talk With U.S. About Iraq.
Hah!
That was the first post I ever saw on this blog.
LB has a very poor memory. The soldiers involved explained themselves quite thoroughly.
You are deliberately lying A G A I N LB.
Question…what exactly is your post? Is it just rehashing news or …well, I cant really tell if there was a point. Granted, I’m not in any position as I generally utter pointless drivel…but are you taking issue with the use of the word city?
Or how safe Tal Afar is? Although its close to Mosul, we generally consider it safe. Incoming mortars do not make a place unsafe.
Althoug..the using of US Mil to protect isreal–I’m not sure whay we would need to. Isreal is a pretty damn powerful military nation–they have some of the utmost best fighter pilots and ground troops in the world. And, unlike the US, they don’t really care if they kill a ton of innocent civilians.
Wait a minute–you call this Baghdad Dweller. Sooo…why is the time stamp on this 2 hours off of local time?
Remember, I live in Baghdad–well, the green zone at least…It is just before 6 am but the stamp shows just before 4am—that puts your local time somewhere in Europe or central-west africa.
Not many people manually set their local, computer, and program time as different from real. hhehe…
She’s an Iraqi expatriate, n00b.
Iraq: Who’s Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes?
By Linda Heard
March 21, 2006
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says there is no risk of an imminent civil war and lauds the fact that Iraqis are enjoying the fruits of democracy.
The firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has hinted that the attacks on the shrines in Samarra were the work of foreign interventionists and has urged Iraqis to unite against the occupation. Paradoxically Al Sadr’s arch foe Saddam Hussein made a similar comment during his last tribunal appearance, when the chief judge cut him off in full flight and closed the courtroom to the media.
How can we know who’s telling the truth when almost all of the above have a vested interest in the way things in Iraq are going? Whom should we believe?
Let’s take a look at what the Iraqi bloggers are saying. Perhaps ordinary people can make better sense of what’s really taking place on the ground.
This from Riverbend, the Girlblog from Iraq:
“Three years, and the electricity is worse than ever. The security situation has gone from bad to worse. The country feels like it’s on the brink of chaos once more — but a pre-planned, pre-fabricated chaos being led by religious militias and zealots.
An entry dated March 17 on the Baghdad Treasure blogspot illustrates the writer’s intense disillusionment.
“When Saddam’s statue was downed, I was stunned. Oh my God! Saddam is gone. We are free. Yes, we are free. The Americans liberated us. I was so happy. A huge burden was removed. We can work, study, have fun and live like others. I did not expect that I was too optimistic to the extent that I believed what was said. When I first saw the US Army in the streets, I said these are the ones who broke all the locks with which Saddam and his gang has imprisoned us. I didn’t know that the locks coming later are bigger and much bigger than Saddam’s.
If we believe what residents of Iraq are saying on their blogs — and here I should point out that several of the above set out as supporters of the invasion — then it is clear that the words of Cheney and Reid ring hollow. The situation in Iraq is not hunky dory as they would have us believe, and Talabani’s assertion that Iraqis are enjoying their newfound democracy should definitely be taken with a large shovelful of salt.
There is surely only one conclusion for any sane person to reach. The invasion of Iraq and its subsequent occupation has emerged as one of the most tragic events throughout history. It was an exercise conducted on lies and propaganda, which are continuing even today in an attempt to persuade Western publics that there is a core of nobility amid the sham. The day is soon coming that they, like the Iraqi people, can no more be fooled. That day can’t come soon enough.
Until the leaders of the occupation forces admit to themselves and the world what a terrible blunder has been committed, nothing can be done to put things right. Like addicts must face harsh reality before they can be cured, so must the warmonger who created this tragic debacle.