Why Are You Fighting Your War on Terror, Here in Iraq?
I never, ever, supported the military overthrow of Saddam Hussein. And I have always believed that Bush entered Iraq for oil and revenge but not necessarily in that order. That he uses the overthrow of a dictator for invading one country while employing dictators in others (like Uzbekistan) illustrates his hippocritical political positioning. But let's say we take the BushCon argument at face value and look at what we've got; a dictator from an oil-rich nation deposed from a country in which America can fight a war against "Terror" with a somewhat supportive population. That's a pretty sweet deal from the BushCon perspective and it's why many American's terrified into stupidity of a terrorist attack in their own neighborhood can still support Bush.
Continue to connect 9/11 to Iraq (see this and this) and the one-two punch that delivered America to Bush (and corporate pay to play politics) will come through every time.
To break the punch's success we'll have to divide the punch in two; disconnect Iraq from the Holy War on Terror and 9/11. Not only by doggedly reiterating the obvious facts and evidence there were no WMD's, that Bush lied to start the war and how the strategy is failing in Iraq, but by using Iraqi supporters own sentiments to demand a withdrawal. Use Rove's own tactical strategy of setting up a conditional that once challenged creates a caveat the challenger must defend and by doing so must lose.
To this end I present Iraqis give mixed response to Bush vow to stay on:
Continue to connect 9/11 to Iraq (see this and this) and the one-two punch that delivered America to Bush (and corporate pay to play politics) will come through every time.
To break the punch's success we'll have to divide the punch in two; disconnect Iraq from the Holy War on Terror and 9/11. Not only by doggedly reiterating the obvious facts and evidence there were no WMD's, that Bush lied to start the war and how the strategy is failing in Iraq, but by using Iraqi supporters own sentiments to demand a withdrawal. Use Rove's own tactical strategy of setting up a conditional that once challenged creates a caveat the challenger must defend and by doing so must lose.
To this end I present Iraqis give mixed response to Bush vow to stay on:
"Grateful, in the main, for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, many are dismayed by what they see as heavy-handed tactics and a failure by the U.S. occupiers to prevent Iraq becoming a new haven for foreign Islamists in the chaos that followed Saddam.Hmmm...that is a good question, isn't it...
'Why don't they find another place to fight terrorism?' asked Abdul Ridha al-Hafadhi, 58, head of a humanitarian aid group. 'I don't feel comforted by Bush's remarks; there must be a timetable for their departure.'"
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