Do You Want To Know Who The Americans Running Iraq Really Are?

They are people with a background in the far-right of the Republican Party, the Israel lobby,
Perle and Wolfowitz henchmen, central to the war on terror, to the Homeland Defence authorities, to anti-ABM
and pro-Ballistic Missile Defence (Star Wars), close to conservative think tanks, affiliated with mercenary
companies, the military-industrial complex (MIC) and CIA. They are former "stabilisers" in Bosnia and Kosovo,
and Marine Corps-people (many in Vietnam); they are private consulting firm executives affiliated with the inner
circles of power in Washington. And, of course, several are associated with the oil industry, the computer
industry as well as the media and public relations industry. With a few exceptions they are Pentagon and not
State Department people, they are generals and technocrats.

Less than a handful have any prior experience in Iraq or in nation-building, conflict-resolution, reconciliation,
post-war trauma healing, civil society empowerment and other quite relevant matters. In short, they are perfectly
fit to "do" Iraq for the US and totally unsuitable for the Iraqis. They are not accountable to anyone, except
President Bush and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld. Their operations and decisions are not transparent
to the world community or any world organisation.

The Bush regime is setting up a basically military administration in Iraq. The disputes and the infighting are coming
out in the open, as reported by the Washington Post on May 4. General Jay Garner and Ambassador Bremer
and a team of some 300 retired military men, diplomats and functionaries from numerous US government
agencies have been recruited by the Bush regime, and especially by the Pentagon, to administer postwar Iraq.
None of them are coming to Iraq as a result of democratic processes. They have been appointed in ambiguous
ways to supposedly quick-fix something they call democracy among 24 million Iraqis. It's the largest
nation-building project in modern times. It is supposed to create an interim government by mid-May.

Why is their presence in Iraq causing so little debate, not to speak of outrage? There are basically four reasons:
1) because they are Americans and the US is a country few dare investigate and question; 2) because the
average Iraqi does not know them yet; 3) because the free press does not bother much about Iraq now that the
war drama is over; and 4) because there was - and is - only an anti-war movement, not a peace movement.

Like in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, the media flock to the wars, not to the "peace"-building - like vultures
feed on carrion. Unfortunately, it is now the real battle for Iraq and its future is being fought. Unfortunately, the
millions of war protesters stay home now; they do not seem to be able to get their acts together in a peace
movement in solidarity with the Iraqis whose resources, education, economy, society and leadership is being
colonised.

No matter what the Amerians tell the Iraqis and the rest of us, they will run "liberated" Iraq colonial style. Below
you will learn a bit more about each of the centrally placed personalities. You are right if you wonder why you
have not seen an analysis like this, systematic and with documentation, in your daily newspaper or on television.
You are right if you find it strange that the media have given you much more (mostly unsubstantiated) information
about 55 top Iraqis, tastelessly depicted on a deck of cards.

Only the uninformed and the politically naive, only the opportunists and the imperialists can believe that this has
anything whatsoever to do with democracy or with doing good to the Iraqi people. They have suffered so terribly
in their double cage, the inner cage under Saddam and the outer cage of sanctions, war and occupation. Every
bit of future humanitarian aid, of civilian support and American NGO activity in Iraq will serve mainly the interests
of the Bush regime and corporate America, not the needs and hopes of the Iraqis.

The Guardian could state already on April 1 that there was a secret US plan to set up 23 ministries, all run by
Americans.

"The government will take over Iraq city by city. Areas declared "liberated" by General Tommy
Franks will be transferred to the temporary government under the overall control of Jay Garner, the
former US general appointed to head a military occupation of Iraq.

Decisions on the government's composition appear to be entirely in US hands, particularly those of
Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defence. This has annoyed Gen Garner, who is officially in
charge but who, according to sources close to the planning of the government has had to accept a
number of controversial Iraqis in advisory roles."

This is how CNN reported the Bush plan to take over Iraq:

The Bush administration has selected a U.S. government official to oversee each Iraqi ministry that
the U.S. plans to keep running after the war, CNN has learned. Each official will attempt to keep
his or her ministry running with Iraqi civil servants. Some changes will be made, though, the sources
said:

• The Iraqi Ministry of Information, which controls the state-run media, will be disbanded and
restructured with free television, radio and print elements
• Sensitive ministries such as those overseeing justice and intelligence will be overhauled
• The Special Republican Guard and Republican Guard are to be disbanded, but the plan calls for
maintaining the regular army and using its manpower during reconstruction
The plan also calls for the U.S. administration team to run a Ministry of Religious Affairs that will
oversee mosques and other religious activities, the sources said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3426.htm

for their clients, the oil business, and Israel's Likud. Halliburton and Bechtel skim cream, and the BFEE pockets billions in filthy lucre.

Anyone who supports AIPAC/JDL/JINSA, is also supporting Likud, because these groups support Likud, as does PNAC. Think how many repuglians support these groups. Then, look how many Dems support them. What a nasty, incestious mess....

:grr:

...is equalled by its inevitable bitter harvest. The war isn't over. It won't be long before our bleeding nation is bankrupt and insolvent. Several thousand resistance fighters in a remote dust bowl are in the process of humiliating the greatest power on earth. It's called asymmetric warfare. If one takes repuke junta propagandists at their word, only two thousand Saddam die hards have already inflicted almost a thousand American casualties. Total American casualties (not counting PTSD) are already in excess of 2000.

Wonder why that milestone went unnoticed? But Halliburton and the defense contractors are raking in the profits of death.

When does all this end? They can only drain the taxpayers up to a point, and then it doesn't work any longer. They might be rolling in dough right now, but it will definitely come to an end.

So Helliburton, BuckTel and WorldCon might as well sign their bankruptcy papers because they can't continue indefinitely. And then what? They might move overseas after they've supposedly bankrupted this country, but then what? Maybe Madagascar, or Lithuania maybe?