mission impossible

it appears that the Democratic Party just refuses to stand against continuing this f**king war in Iraq ... one can only assume they believe progress has and will be made ... and those who believe this are wrong ... the US, led by bush and the neo-cons, will NEVER bring peace or democracy to Iraq ... why don't elected Democrats understand this ???

source: http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0331-21.htm

Title: Destiny Not in Iraqis' Hands
U.S. intervention is to blame for the war-torn country's inability to select its new president

<skip>Yet, since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the ability of the Iraqis to shape their own political destiny has been compromised by U.S. interventions. While hawking democracy, the Americans have not trusted Iraqis to choose the right leaders or to enact the right laws. Hence, their endless tinkering with the machinery of governance, their unilateral promulgation of 100 laws under the Coalition Provisional Authority, and their imposition of an "interim constitution" that now constrains political life.<skip>

It is also the Bush administration that sets policy on arrests and writes the rules for interrogations. While the "interim constitution" protects Iraqi citizens from arbitrary treatment by their own government ("Fundamental Rights," Chapter 2, Article 15), it provides no protection from foreign troops. If frightened U.S. soldiers shoot into a home unnecessarily or fire too quickly at a checkpoint, Iraqis cannot hold them accountable.

Some might claim these are minor items when set against the shocking brutality of the insurgents. Yet, this assumes that the insurgency exists in a vacuum, unaffected by American behavior - that humiliation at Abu Ghraib, the trauma of nightly bombings, the destruction of entire neighborhoods - do not interrupt the march of freedom.

In a civics class, Iraq might offer a fascinating case study of how the trappings of democracy, including the moving images of heroic voters, can obscure the machinery of foreign control. But real life is not a civics class. Although our politicians and pundits are ignoring the point, "the new Iraq" remains an occupied land, not a free country. For this reason, our misused troops have been consigned to a mission impossible.