Barbarism
I am deeply saddened by the events in Falluja. Beyond the horrific violence and medival behavior, beyond even my disgust and amazement that no one from the police or the armed services went in during or after the events there to address the immediate situation, what galls me is that we are in Iraq at all because Bush lied, Rumsfield lied, Rice lied, even Powell – who was supposed to be a balance to the rabidity of the Wolfowitzs et al. – lied. Kurt Brobeck, over at the Coffee Sutras, put it nicely: “Bush said he would not engage in nation building. So far he has kept that promise.” It can only get better, but I expect it will get worse first. 8 April, when Rice testifies, ought to be a storm.