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August 13, 2004
Puppets Become Real Men
"Several Iraqi officials working within the interim government have resigned in protest of the US-led assault on Najaf and Kut," reports the banned-from-Baghdad Aljazeera. (Link courtesy Antiwar.com.)
"Sixteen of Najaf's 30-member provincial council resigned in protest at the US-led assault on the Najaf as fighting between the al-Mahdi Army loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr and US occupation forces entered its eighth day.
"'We have decided to resign due to what has befallen Najaf and all of Iraq from the hasty US invasion and bombardment of Najaf,' the council said in a statement to the press."
Whoa! What's this? Iraqis with principles? Either that, or they're afraid of what will happen to them for collaborating with the hated Americans.
Get a load of this quote from the resigning deputy governor: "I resign from my post denouncing all the US terrorist operations that they are doing against this holy city" (emphasis mine).
With comments like that, I think these guys are marked men no matter what they do. They've probably weighed the situation and decided they are better off throwing in their lot with their fellow Iraqis than with the Americans, who seem to be incompetent enough not to be able to exact revenge on them.
If only we had politicians here who put their own country and people ahead of their political ambitions . . .
Posted by Mike Tennant at August 13, 2004 02:51 PM