Sauron

"Hey you know that thing we talked about?
You know, about letting you elect your own leaders?
Nevermind; we didn't mean it."

Seems that administering Iraq is a far more difficult thing to do, than conquering Iraq. Too bad Dubya didn't realize it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...s&nav=hptop_tb

U.S. to Appoint Council in Iraq

Officials Decide Not to Allow Large Assembly to Pick Interim Leaders

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, June 2, 2003; Page A01

BAGHDAD, June 1 -- The U.S. occupation authority has decided to handpick between 25 and 30 Iraqis to serve on an interim political council to advise U.S. officials on day-to-day governance issues rather than convene a large assembly where Iraqi delegates would debate the form and membership of their transitional administration, a senior U.S. official said today.

[...]

The Bush administration's decision to back away from such an open selection process, which U.S. officials had supported a few weeks ago, is the latest in a series of policy reversals. The U.S. occupation authority has been struggling to deal with public frustration at the slow resumption of basic services and the military's tardy response to postwar lawlessness.

yahwehyadayada

Backpedalling on promises? Not to worry--70% of Americans think things are going well in Iraq

Oh, and

Why do you hate America so much?
Support the troops
They hate us for our freedoms
Watch what you say
Only Saddam lovers question the president
The war was never about WMDs
Insert your favorite neocon catch-phrase here

paul30

Bush prefers killing people to living with them.

So much faster and easier.

MortalWombat

Maybe their justification is that they wanted the political process in Iraq to mirror how we install leaders here.

Happy Wonderer

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