Posted
4/07/2004 05:23:00 PM
by Douglas
As it turns out, George W. Bush actually
is a
uniter, not a divider! Who knew?
The American dream to bridge ancient Iraqi sectarian rivalries turned nightmarish Tuesday as Shiite and Sunni religious and tribal figures put aside their differences and publicly aligned against the occupation, vowing to rid Iraq of the American-led invaders.
In the past 72 hours over 18 U.S. soldiers and well over 100 Iraqis have died in vicious fighting across Iraq. U.S. aligned coalition forces also took significant casualties of an unconfirmed number in fighting in four southern cities.
Before last week the primary forces resisting the U.S. occupation were a combination of former Baath Party members and Sunni religious figures, but after fighting broke out between the coalition and a militia led by a young radical Shiite cleric, much of Iraq turned to complete chaos.
Well that's just super. There were virtually no links between al-Qaida and Iraq before the occupation, but now the Shiite and Sunni have joined up with al-Qaida to get Americans out of Iraq. I could be speaking out of turn here, but I don't think this is the cohesion G'dub was looking for.