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March 24th, 2006

Eighth Circle so far, Ninth not too far off.

Washington Post ~ By Charles Krauthammer
Of Course It’s a Civil War
A leading apologist for the neocons clarifies why we went into Iraq…
to start a Civil War:
Now all of a sudden everyone is shocked to find Iraqis going after Iraqis. But is it not our entire counterinsurgency strategy to get Iraqis who believe in the new Iraq to fight Iraqis who want to restore Baathism or impose Taliban-like rule? Does not everyone who wishes us well support the strategy of standing up the Iraqis so we can stand down? And does that not mean getting the Iraqis to fight the civil war themselves?
The last two circles of Hell punish sins of malice, or sins of the fraud; that is, sins involving conscious fraud or treachery, and can only be reached by descending a vast cliff into the “pit” of Hell.

Posted in The War Years | By Willie Buck Merle

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