The myth of Iraq's "liberation"
by Justin Raimondo
AntiWar.Com
02/07/05
We can't leave until the insurgency is quelled, but our presence is the cause of the insurgency in the first place. We proclaim the advent of 'democracy' and 'self-determination,' yet the American occupation continues. We celebrate the 'rule of law,' even as we insist American soldiers and military contractors cannot be prosecuted or sued in Iraqi courts -- because Americans are above the law. The longer the occupation lasts, the more glaring the contradictions between the official reality of Iraq's 'liberation' and the very real vassalage of the Iraqi people...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=4740
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
AntiWar.Com
02/07/05
We can't leave until the insurgency is quelled, but our presence is the cause of the insurgency in the first place. We proclaim the advent of 'democracy' and 'self-determination,' yet the American occupation continues. We celebrate the 'rule of law,' even as we insist American soldiers and military contractors cannot be prosecuted or sued in Iraqi courts -- because Americans are above the law. The longer the occupation lasts, the more glaring the contradictions between the official reality of Iraq's 'liberation' and the very real vassalage of the Iraqi people...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=4740
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 7. Feb, 17:47
