De-Baathifiy America! Bring on the Wimps

De-Baathifiy America! Bring on the Wimps
by Stephen Pizzo | Sep 15 2007 - 10:56am


I have a radical proposal: de-Baathify the US. Well, actually, it's already begun. The first round came in November 2006. The next round is scheduled for November 2008, and it promises to be much more bloody.

Yes, that's what I'm saying, that Republicans are America's Baathists. The similarities between ruling members of the Republican party and the now purged Iraqi Baathist leaders are really quite stunning once you start listing them:

* Institutionalized cronyism
* Insulated from their own people
* An Orwellian affection for propaganda
* Wealth concentrated in the hands of the few
* Truth and lies interchangeable, as required
* Spying on their own citizens
* Imprisonment without due process
* Sanctioning torture
* A distain for diplomacy
* Trigger happy

In Iraq it was the minority Sunni Baath party that lorded over majority Shiites for decades. Here it's been GOP Baathists pushing everyone around. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing Democrats of being Shiites. No. That would be an uncalled for slur on Iraq's Shiites.)

But the Republicans are demonstrably America's Baathists. And it's becoming increasingly clear that the majority of Americans are on to them, fed up with their corruption, incompetence, brutality and near-total disregard for the rights, needs and well-being of their own citizens.

So I say, enough of all this bi-partisan bullshit. I don't know about you but I've seen very little evidence that Democrats can play that game. They keep showing up for each match only to forfeit the game. Then they retreat to the locker room to whine to reporters that the other side cheats and fights dirty. Clearly we are going to have to clear the field of play for Democrats before they'll play.

But what if we really do de-Baathify America by canning all GOP candidates? Then what, you ask. We'd be stuck with those perennial losers, the Democrats. The wimps who allowed - hell, even aided and abetted - the GOP-Baathist's 8-year reign of murder and malfeasance.

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