Bremer – STFU
I can’t believe the unmitigated gall of Paul Bremer to suggest that the U.S. should continue to occupy Iraq until it becomes democratic. WTF? Seriously, dude, weren’t you the one who fucking disbanded the Iraqi army, releasing 200K well-trained, angry Sunni soldiers into a jobless economy with ready access to Saddam’s old weapon caches?
This line from the linked article made me chuckle:
“The dismantling of the Iraqi Army in the aftermath of the American invasion is now widely regarded as a mistake that stoked rebellion among hundreds of thousands of former Iraqi soldiers…”
Yeah, well I regarded it as a spectacularly dumbass idea the moment Bremer made in in May 2003. Also, in case you’ve forgotten, Bremer was the dumbass who kept telling us that things were turning a corner in Iraq, and stability was always “just 6 months away.” Well asshole, it’s now 2010, and the Sunnis are going all “Hurt Locker” on Shi’ite ass, and the corner sure as hell isn’t in sight.
Frankly, I was surprised to hear from Bremer at all – it’s hard to believe he is really either that stupid or delusional. My guess is this is just the first of a series of salvos from the reactionaries trying to blame the Democrats for the inevitable failure of Shrubya’s Iraqi Fiasco, just like the wrong-wing blow-hards already do about Vietnam (“we won every battle…if only we had nuked Hanoi…blah blah blah”).
Stumble it!
Tags: debaathification, disbanding Iraqi army, George H.W. Bush, Iraqi Occupation, Paul Bremer, Shi'ite, Sunni
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I think this is a GREAT idea!!1!
I suggest Mr. Bremer take command of an all volunteer force of like-minded patriots and do the job himself. He liked to run around in combat boots when he was there so this would be his chance to earn them.
September 15th, 2010 at 5:03 am
I remember listening to an interview w/Bremer when his memoir came out. He was asked about the $9 Billion that had gone missing under his watch. he responded by explaining that a lot was going on at the time, that it had been important to get money “out the door” as quickly as possible and that we all had to realize that “Iraqis aren’t exactly conversant with ‘Western-style bookkeeping.”
Really? Really? These were the same people that I had been told were just months away from a fully functioning nuclear fuck weapon, but double-entry bookkeeping is beyond them?
This is one of the main reasons I just can’t take Republicans seriously. Their conception of the world is utterly fluid, and changes as necessary to allow them to explain or justify whatever it is they want to do.