Posted 8:46 pm Sunday, January 04, 2009
January 4: Price of 'Victory'
I just found out something that amazes me. You will recall the surge in Iraq and the Bush Administration pronouncing it a huge success. I'll bet there is one tiny little detail you all didn't know.
One aspect of the surge is yet another deception. The Bush regime is paying Sunni insurgents $800,000 a day not to attack U.S. forces.
That's right, the "Sons of Iraq," a newly formed "U.S.-allied security force" consisting of Sunni insurgents, are being paid American dollars daily not to attack U.S. troops. Allegedly, the Sons of Iraq are now at work fighting al-Qaida.
Heidi Lockridge writes of President George W. Bush, "at least he has protected us at home." But that is pure speculation that cannot be proven.
And it's a mighty low bar for achievement. Remember, no elephant tracks in my front yard does not prove there aren't any elephants.
Paying insurgents not to fight and claiming military success is amazingly gross malfeasance.
But for the Bush administration, it is par for the course.
Lewis Williams
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