Now we have come a long way in bringing democracy to Arabs. Lets see,,,, we violated international laws and invaded Iraq, changed the hole wacky story about WMD (ya do ya even remember that, or too much reality TV has blurred your mind) to just he was a bad man and had to be removed. Then we were told these poor abused people have suffered so much that they'll be handing over young girls to the Gi's as they parade in front of their homes. We easy folks were given that nice liberating images from Paris of so long ago. Old Saddam was even compared to Hitler, I wonder who had thought of that comparison in DC??? We now know how vicious he was in 80's and 90's!!!!! Bad man!!!

Now fast forward to May - April 2004 - Although I think Washington think tanks and empire managers had anticipated this level of resistance with possibly briefings for the old Bushy Poo of casualties in excess of 2000 to 5000, they still I think didn't think it would be so widespread. What they could not have anticipated is the fact that events stemming from illegal act can not be anticipated to an extend possible to justify the original immoral act. Having said all that...I believe the think angers really didn't care about US casualties because to them this is a do or die situation. This means they believe in their core that what they doing today will save the empire tomorrow.

Meanwhile they are taking the war to the region and providing a target and they hope that would keep them terrorist busy for a while. Who cares they are mostly killing their own kinds anyways.

This is a Saudi Arabia exit strategy, they know the time has come to the house of Saud to fall.

This is taking advantage of simple Arab tradition and culture that lends itself to fall into the empire's trap.

This to further protect, insulate, and allow for Israel to delay the debilitating effects for graft vs. host disease (host being Arabs and graft being mess left behind by the last empire.

This is not Vietnam, this is bigger that Vietnam.

This is about projecting power where the empire wishes to protect its far flung resources.

This is believe it or not about also about promoting democracy, but not now.

Footnote: about the Gharib prison mess, what would American news media do and say if Saddam guards had done that to our GI's???? The old bush would use the event as one of two or three main reasons why he should for instance use Nuclear bomb on Baghdad ( if that was the only mode of attack available to him), I am sure of that. Just visualize that.