BAGHDAD—Leaning in close, the mid-level American administrator speaks more in a hiss than a whisper. His tone is confessional, drenched in frustration.
"We didn't hand over power to the Iraqis. We threw it at them," he confides, casting a guilty glance toward the many eyes filling the chandelier-lit room. Nobody else heard him. Good. This kind of talk could cost him his job.
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If this doesn't piss you off, you haven't been paying attention. This is "postwar planning." This is what is or isn't going to get us out of the quagmire in Iraq.
These are not competent people. They are our representatives to the world. No wonder they hate us.
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Told ya. Iraq got 'sovereignty' because President WMD needs someone to blame for the failures there come November. Who better than the Iraqis themselves? I can see it now, Bush saying "We gave them sovereignty months ago and look, they've done nothing with it. The Iraqi people don't want to be free, they don't understand democracy". Mark my words.
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