http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/11/30/the-only-consensus-on-iraq-nobody%e2%80%99s-leaving-right-now/ Progressive News and Opinion Since Nov. 3, 2004 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/11/30/the-only-consensus-on-iraq-nobody%e2%80%99s-leaving-right-now/#comment-54124 Vitaly Purto Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:47:58 +0000 http://truebluestaging.dreamhosters.com/2006/11/30/the-only-consensus-on-iraq-nobody%e2%80%99s-leaving-right-now/#comment-54124 "Nobody’s Leaving [Iraq] Right Now"? Who is talking - NY Times' pundit? Is he one of the same mouthpieces that advocated war in the first place just 4 years ago? Well, at that time Times and its pundits, deafened by the American public's cheering, did not take in account few clouds on the horizon, a.k.a. Iraqi complex history, economics, ethnical and religious divisions setting on top of the collapsing old remnants of colonial regime in the region providing more than third of the world energy in the least expensive form of oil. Now, in 2006, accelerated by the all too common gambler’s desire to keep the paper games (no pan intended), American people have to accept that not only “American way of life is non-negotiable”, to quote our Gambler-in-Chief, but American way of life is only negotiable, the sooner the better. It is pay back time for our empire builders. Concretely for Gulf area, we have to pay for “successful” installation of Shah in 1953 and for 27 years of denial of Iranian Revolution. We have to pay for sabotaging of all populist movements aspiring to modernize Middle East, supporting medieval regimes pushing Middle East back to 8th century to delight of oil industry. American people, who thought to keep driving their SUV’s on cheap, now feel that it is time to cut costs and accept that USA, once the majority holder of our planet shares and now is but a minority owner, must act accordingly. So the time is NOW. “Nobody’s Leaving [Iraq] Right Now”? Who is talking - NY Times’ pundit? Is he one of the same mouthpieces that advocated war in the first place just 4 years ago? Well, at that time Times and its pundits, deafened by the American public’s cheering, did not take in account few clouds on the horizon, a.k.a. Iraqi complex history, economics, ethnical and religious divisions setting on top of the collapsing old remnants of colonial regime in the region providing more than third of the world energy in the least expensive form of oil.
Now, in 2006, accelerated by the all too common gambler’s desire to keep the paper games (no pan intended), American people have to accept that not only “American way of life is non-negotiable”, to quote our Gambler-in-Chief, but American way of life is only negotiable, the sooner the better. It is pay back time for our empire builders. Concretely for Gulf area, we have to pay for “successful” installation of Shah in 1953 and for 27 years of denial of Iranian Revolution. We have to pay for sabotaging of all populist movements aspiring to modernize Middle East, supporting medieval regimes pushing Middle East back to 8th century to delight of oil industry.
American people, who thought to keep driving their SUV’s on cheap, now feel that it is time to cut costs and accept that USA, once the majority holder of our planet shares and now is but a minority owner, must act accordingly. So the time is NOW.

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