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Splitting Iraq along ethnic and religious lines is not what President George W. Bush’s administration had in mind for Iraq. But it will be one sure result of any attempt to hold elections in the middle of an escalating insurgent war.
Un evento en Baghdad pasó sin ser reportado por la tradicional prensa escrita, e incluso la “alternativa”, a pesar de que ello implica que el poder de Estados Unidos sobre el futuro político de Irak puede estar menguando.
One event in Baghdad went unreported this month, not only by the mainstream media but also by the “alternative” press, even though it implies that U.S. control over Iraq’s political future may already be waning.
“LEAA is one of a new breed of shadowy front groups that is willing to serve as a corporate money conduit and attack dog to benefit GOP candidates.” It’s been quietly funded by National Rifle Association grants.
The guards took turns holding the board and ordering the man to make the animal outbursts, punishing him with another swat after each bleat. Hours later, the prisoner could no more than gasp, but the guards kept swinging.
¿Cómo terminamos con tantos aprietos en Irak? Porque hicimos lo que hemos hecho por largo tiempo: Buscamos no a los extranjeros con quienes todavía necesitamos trabajar, sino a los exiliados que fueran más parecidos a nosotros.
How did we end up in such a fix in Iraq? We sought out not the foreigners whom we still need to work with, but the exiles who were most like us. The practice of imposing unpopular proxies hardly began in Iraq.
