A Black Hole

Within the next day or so I am going to post two quotes from Vice President Cheney. These two direct quotes will demonstrate that he has lied in regards to the justification for going to war. It is simply one example. But this post is about another tactic that Mr. Cheney as spokesperson for the Bush administration is using. Mr. Cheney continuously refers to Iraqi insurgency as "terrorist" in Iraq. This tactic is a continuing attempt to make the American people believe that Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11 and at the center of world terrorism which has never I repeat, never been true. The truth is that the "terrorist" in Iraq first, weren't there until after the United States invaded and created the environment that attracted them and second as pointed out in this excerpt from a Washington Post article constitute the minority of "fighters in Iraq.

"U.S. intelligence agencies say foreign terrorists represent a minority of the insurgent forces; the vast majority are Iraqis. Classified findings by U.S. intelligence agencies are reflected in a study by Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, released yesterday, which estimates that at least 90 percent of the fighters are Iraqi."

I would also point out that it was Mr. Cheney who said that the United States would be greeted as "liberators" when we invaded Iraq. Perhaps that is why 90 percent of the insurgent forces in Iraq are Iraqi and at the summit in Egypt this past weekend which was attended by all of the major Iraqi Political Parties signed and made a declaration asking that the United States pull its troops out of Iraq.

I'm sorry but I am having a little trouble understanding this administrations policies and in particularly Mr. Cheney's idiotic comments. What part of 'they don't f**king want us there' don't you understand Mr. Cheney. Recent polls conducted by British pollsters show that 80% of Iraqis want the United States to leave Iraq (This reflects the same results of an earlier American poll.) and 45% think it is okay to attack American troops. What part of 'they don't f**king want us there' don't you understand Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush.

The war in Iraq has bled off and continues to bleed off huge amounts of our resources that could and should be directed at anti-terrorist activities that work and to other activities critical to our nation's survival and prosperity. Iraq is a quagmire and a black hole sucking in our nations vital resources.

Those Are The Sergeant Majors Thoughts On That.