The Long Road

05/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Proof by Conjecture"

Now that the war on Iraq is over (notice that the war was won in a very small time with few U.S. casualties despite Bush's constant proclamation that it would not be an easy fight), the Bush Regime is really playing up the whole "Freedom for the Iraqi people" angle. Freedom and democracy are nice goals and all, but I can guarantee that no one will be 'elected' if the U.S. doesn't want them to be. All Iraqi political candidates in Iraq will now on be basically chosen by Washington to make sure that their agenda coincides nicely with the U.S. one. This is not democracy. Democracy, after all, is the choice to elect a psycho as your leader if you wish to do so. An opportunity the U.S. public seems to embrace.

Does anyone remember that this war was started by the U.S. because they claimed Saddam was hiding WOMDs? Both the U.S. and British governments said that they had irrefutable but classified proof that Iraq did have some stockpiles somewhere. This is the time, then, for the press, the public and the opposing party to see this proof. If Bush and Blair were so sure of themselves how come we're not seeing anything concrete coming out of Iraq? We're seeing SOME stuff but its all conjecture, every little factory or vat of liquid that is found is suddenly a potential source for chemical weapons. It's as if I walked into your house, killed you, found a lighter and said I was justified because you had a flamethrower.