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[Jack Rabbit]

"Baathist remnants" are present in the resistance to occupation, as are militant Islamists. What the apologists for the junta overlook in this kind of sophistry is that most Iraqis, people who are not different than most Americans, are opposed to the occupation.

Even if US troops had been greeted by the roses and open arms that the these same sophists wrongly assured us they would be, this day was inevitable. There are 24 million people in Iraq who know they have the right to run their own country; they know that sovereignty is not what Bush has in mind. Sovereignty would mean that the Iraqis could use their resources as they see fit and negotiate the sale to whomever they wish without having a foreign government determine that for them. That's not a "free market economy", at least not as far as neocons are concerned.

The Freeper is right that Bush deserves no one's vote. He is wrong to believe that there was ever anything high-minded about the invasion. Saddam and his gang of murderers were replaced by a gang of thieves appointed by Bush. The Iraqi people can do better by themselves than either Saddam or Bush. They deserve to be given the chance.

That they would be willing to fight and die for that chance should surprise no one.