Are hundreds of Iraqis dying just to give Bush a PR victory?

[G_j]

Fallujah and November 2
by The Dreyfuss Report


The question that we ought to be asking about the current bloody offensive in Fallujah is: Was this offensive ordered with the November 2 vote in mind? Are hundreds of Iraqis dying just to give Bush a PR victory?

http://www.tompaine.com/archives/the_dreyfuss_report.php

Of course, the offensive may backfire, leading to a debacle for the Bush administration. But it seems clear that the attack was ordered to undermine the arguments of anti-war critics (in advance of Nov. 2) that Iraq is out of control and that the January elections can’t be held. It is a completely unnecessary attack, since the terrorist-minded Islamists in the city were increasingly isolated from the nationalist, mostly secular resistance groups there. Had the Bush administration followed the Franco-German lead, and told the Iraqi government to make a deal with the Baathist-tribal leadership coalition in Fallujah, the whole crisis could have been resolved peacefully.

Instead, innocent civilians are being slaughtered. Over the weekend, one family of 11 was killed, then a family of five, in their vehicles, and dead children are being dragged out of collapsed buildings. The carnage is creating more hatred, more resistance and more terrorists.

The United States is demanding that Zarqawi be handed over, yet the representatives of the city say he isn’t there. The demand, of course, scuttles any possibility of resolving the standoff in the city of 300,000 without an invasion. The Post reports :

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[DuctapeFatwa]

1. No, they are dying to give rich men more money

[G_j]

4. pretty much the same thing

I would say..

[Hubert Flottz]

2. Yes!

Americans too!

[tabasco]

3. Yes, I think so.

I thought a month ago that if Bush's numbers were down, close to the election, one of the likely options for Bush would be a big offensive, in a last ditch effort to rally Americans behind "the strong Commander In Chief" (haha). Unfortunately, my hunch was correct. I expect a full-scale battle in Falluja. But I expect the effort to backfire on Bush. We will take casualties and Iraq will appear as a quagmire at polling time. Falluja will not be pacified in 13 days.

Yes, the corrupt Bush administration is not above sacrificing troops in an effort to retain power. Tragically sad, but true. We must never allow war profiteers to control our Nation, ever again.