U.S. building walls, instead of tearing them down!

With very little fanfare, and no input from the people being "boxed in", the United States military have begun boxing in a sunni neighborhood "for their safety".

Story here at CNN

How would you like it if the military suddenly began building a wall around your neighborhood, complete with gates and security check-points. Would you feel safe, or would you feel like you're being locked up in a make-shift prison?

I for one would feel like a prisoner in my own home. Segregated from the rest of my supposedly "democratic" country because of my religious affiliation. Singled out because my faith was different than that of others who are more in favor with the ruling party...Gee! Wasn't that what we went into Iraq to stop in the first place?! Looks like things in Iraq have come full circle and are now right back where they started, it's just someone else in charge now, and someone new being supressed.

Green zone not so green....

Although the green zone in Baghdad is only 4 square miles, and the most heavily defended area in Iraq...terrorists have managed to smuggle in a suicide bomber into the cafeteria of the Iraqi parliment. Story here

How can we ( the U.S. ) be making forward strides in Iraq when we can't even deter attacks inside the most heavily guarded and fortified area of the country?

Alzheimer's ??

It would seem that our vice-president must be suffering from alzheimer's...or perhaps he's just suffering from "repeated propaganda syndrome"!

LINK

Isn't it wonderful...

that we've installed democracy in Iraq, so that people can be hung left and right, out with the old dictatorship, in with the new!

Story here

Yes, he has the gall...

Remember a few months ago when President Bush announced that he would be sending an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq? Remember what a big stink the Democrats made about it and promised that they'd do something to stop it.

Well, President Bush is not only in the process of still sending out those 21,500 troops to Iraq with nothing more than a token resistance by Democrats, now he's announced that he's sending an additional 4,700 troops to Iraq to "support" the other troops!

I figure in a couple more months he'll announce that he'll be sending a few thousand more troops to "support" the "supporting" troops! I don't know if I'm more pissed with Bush for what he's doing, or the Democrats for what they're NOT doing.

The complete story here.

Inspiring!