Certainly not the happiest of anniversaries but always nice to find more reasons to pick on Bush. From his speech
Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision, and this is a fight America can and must win.
Agreed, removing Saddam certainly didn’t hurt anything. Removing a dictator is always a good thing. Problem, though, when what should be the ultimate goal of the war is dramatically overshadowed by all of the other mess: Abu Ghraib, soldier deaths, car bombings, civil war, etc.
For the terrorists, Iraq was supposed to be the place where al Qaeda rallied Arab masses to drive America out. Instead, Iraq has become the place where Arabs joined with Americans to drive al Qaeda out.
Only partially true. First, al Qaeda is still happily camping out in Iraq and second, most Iraqis would be far happier with America out because then, arguably, al Qaeda would leave. So, that’s a bit of circular reasoning then, huh? We can’t leave until Iraq is stable. Iraq cannot become stable until al Qaeda leaves. Al Qaeda won’t leave until America leaves. Hmmm, quite a pickle.
From CNN article
Meanwhile, two of the world’s leading humanitarian groups said this week the situation in Iraq leaves little room for optimism.
“Despite claims that the security situation has improved in recent months, the human rights situation is disastrous,” Amnesty International says in a report titled “Carnage and Despair: Iraq Five Years On.”
And the International Committee of the Red Cross, in a report called “Iraq: No Let-up in the Humanitarian Crisis,” writes, “Despite limited improvements in security in some areas, armed violence is still having a disastrous impact.”
While many right-wingers would quickly label Amnesty International as a left-wing bleeding-heart-liberal organisation, it’s hard to argue with the well-established and reputable Red Cross.
Here’s to another five years of misery!!