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March 29, 2006

Democracy in the American Empire

We are reminded by all war supporters that we should forget about the WMD (and other) lies that led up to the invasion of Iraq because the U.S. has "liberated" the Iraqi people and brought "freedom" and "democracy" to them. In fact, elections in Iraq have become one of the primary arguments that the war was successful.

The problem, of course, is that free elections in Islamic countries tend to bring Islamic governments into power, and that is something that the American Empire will not tolerate. Therefore, in keeping with our government's pledge to allow the Iraqis to choose their own government via the democratic process, "President George W. Bush has made it clear that he does not want Ibrahim al-Jaafari to remain prime minister of Iraq," reports the U.K. Independent.

"Mr. Bush," writes Patrick Cockburn, "has written to the Shi'ite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the head of the Shi'ite Alliance asking him to nominate somebody else for the post. 'The Americans are very firm about this," said a senior official. 'They don't want Jaafari at any price.'"

There you have it: the Iraqis can have "democracy" as long as they choose leaders that the emperor likes.

(Thanks to Antiwar.com for the link.)

Posted by Mike Tennant at March 29, 2006 10:15 AM

Comments

The Iraqis have as much "independence and sovereignty" as a high school student council does. Sheesh.

Posted by: Ali_Massoud [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 30, 2006 02:42 PM

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