The Emperor Is Naked

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http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20040301&fname=Column+Prem+%28F%29&sid=1

OPINION
The Emperor Is Naked
The pretext of democracy that the US has used to occupy Iraq hits it real hard

PREM SHANKAR JHA


Does anyone remember George Bush's plans for Iraq before he invaded that country? Iraq was to be turned into a model democracy. Bush extolled its strong secular tradition and its large reservoir of technologically trained manpower. Iraqi democracy, he claimed, would serve as a beacon for the rest of West Asia and roll back feudal, autocratic regimes throughout the Islamic world. West Asia would emerge as a new zone of peace and would cease to be a haven for Islamist terrorists. In one stroke of the military pen, therefore, Bush would win the 'war on terror' and make the world safe once again.

Less than 10 months after the invasion, this vision lies not merely in tatters but exposed as the delusional dream of a president with a tenuous grip on reality....

[JPZenger]

1. Bush's Simplistic View of the World

Here's a good column in Time magazine by Joe Klein about George Bush's simplistic views of the world.

http://www.time.com/time/columnist/klein/article/0,9565,591270,00.html

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2. kicking.

:kick:

[Martin Eden]

3. Senator Byrd's speech: The emperor has no clothes

This seemed like a good place to post the speech of Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) he delivered on the Senate floor 10/18/03 (for those who may have missed it:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1018-01.htm