Iraqi "Sovereignty"

So the Iraqis have done their own investigation and concluded that Blackwater did indeed fire on Iraqis unprovoked, and demanded that the private contractors leave Iraq.

The US Embassy's response (paraphrased but accurate - see mentioned article) is "wait, let us finish our investigations, then we'll recommend what you should do."

I know this turning-over-power-returning-Iraqi-sovereignty thing is bogus right from the start, but really, can we make it any more obvious here that the Iraqi government doesn't get to call the shots at all?

I don't know whether the head of Blackwater is a personal friend of Condi's, or how much money they give in donations etc., but it really is time that the US step its foot down and hold accountable the people that have given the US a bad name overseas in this "war on terror." (or as Borat calls it: "The war of terror")

The excuses of (1) the allegations aren't true! ; and (2) they're just a few bad apples ; are getting old and stale.

I mean, c'mon, at least pretend that the Iraqi government has some power. Give them some face.


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UGH, and don't even get me started on how a country is only "truly democratic" if it elects a government that the US agrees with (I picture a fat bully making his friends do-over again and again as long as the outcome of the game isn't how he likes it). Or how as long as the government in power is a US ally, being "a bit" non-democratic is OK because it's on a gradual but steady path towards democracy.

I don't so much dislike people with extreme (and of course opposing) views as I do those with inconsistent ones. Because that means they either have no true thoughts and beliefs of their own, or they can't get his thoughts or beliefs straight. I have no patience for those with no heart or no brain.