Freedom's on the march
Posted by andir on August 29, 2005
Iraq has a new constitution. Which covers 2/3 of the major population groups inhabiting the place. Yay! We've done a great job. We deposed an impotent dictator with no friends, wrecked the place (more than it already was) looked for some inexistent weapons, which we didn't find, just like we were told by countless inspections, tried to tie the dictator guy running the place to our worst enemy that was and still is wanted "dead or alive" and finally we come around to our final reason for being there, promoting democracy. Speaking of, whatever happened to the whole cowboy attitude towards Bin-Laden? Anyway...
So, now we have this constitution, the crowning achievement of our efforts in the region, which covers most of the ethnic groups there. The remaining 3rd is not happy about this and is silently cleaning the guns, sharpening the knives and lining up the grenades in preparation for the exciting new civil war coming up any day now. The important thing is that the "constitution" gives someone an awesome opportunity to claim success, just in time for the 2006 midterm elections.
Freedom's on the march!
Better get the hell out of the way!