20 October 2006

Coup on Iraq?

There's been talk about a possible coup in Iraq. I also heard it mentioned on NPR's "All Things Considered" yesterday.

How could that possibly happen with our conivance? We have the largest military force in the country. The government lives in the Green Zone, that fortified area that we guard. The generals who would stage such a coup are under the orders of American generals for the duration. Is the Dear Leader getting ready to perpetrate another one of his lies? Are we suddenly going to find ouselves dealing with a Sunni strongman that "just happened" to have staged a coup and "oh, how terrible. oh, well"?

Have you noticed that the Sunni insurgents were referred to last week by Rumseld as an "honorable resistance" to what they percieve as an "occupation"? Not one mention of the "die-hard Baathist supporters of Saddam." Orwell didn't know how close he was coming to nailing the future right on the nose.

Coup. Coming to an occupied country near you. If your in the Middle East.

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