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FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY OR SERFDOM AND SLAVERY?

Contributed by steeleyes on Thursday, 3rd February 2005 @ 06:52:57 AM in AEST
Topic: Patriotic



White House Junior:

Isnt it great Iraq got democracy? We have truly set them free!

Old White House hand:

You got a fever kid? Sure, after spending 1 trill to control em you think were gonna set them free!

Junior:

But, but, but wasnt that what this was all about?!

Old hand:

(((Hearty laugh))) Listen kid, the idea was to make damn sure we had a stable supply of oil in the years coming up where the stuff is gonna be scarcer n hens teeth!

And , of course to create forward base to get ready for the next candidate for attack.

And because the chief didnt have the smallest clue about what he should do after 9/11. Luckily we had a few guys around who had been waiting in the wings to tell im. Theyd been screaming to attack Iraq for years before 9/11!

Junior:

"But, but Im confused, I thought we went there to give the Iraqi people democracy They got a vote didnt they?

Old hand:

Yes, it was that damn Shia Sistanis doing, curse the man!

If youre to survive around here son youre gonna have to learn a thing or two. Grab yourself a cup of good strong coffee and Ill take you through it.

"Okay, in June 2003 our plan was to ensure that we got the Iraq we wanted. Elections were to be held only after a new national constitution had been written by our very own handpicked, exile-led group."

"But that bastid Sistani had massive protests held in Najaf, their religious center including banners reading, 'Cancelled elections are evidence of bad intentions. He then issued a fatwa, a sort of order, calling for national elections as the only way they would accept to choose the assembly that would draft a constitution. Our committee of friends idea was ******."

"In the fall of 2003 we tried without success to sidestep Sistani's decree for a few months until it became clear that our guys on the Governing Council were refusing to go along with the our plans. Our solution was to come up with a new sca, idea, a complicated series of steps with 'caucuses', indirect elections, with participants vetted by us, to choose an interim government that would be given nominal sovereignty, with Iraqis not allowed to vote directly for their own leaders until the end of 2005."

"AGAIN that *******Sistani's response was to say, 'What part of 'elections' don't you understand?' and demanded full national elections by June 2004."

"Come January 2004 and we were getting desperate, we needed a fix to go in for the control of Iraq bad. We eliminated the idea of a census that would have enabled faster elections. Still trying (successfully) to screw us Sistani organized more massive demonstrations in Basra and Baghdad."

"At that point we were crapping our pants Ill tell ya! So Bush had Jerry Bremer invited the UN to design a new transition, just as Sistani had demanded.
From February to May 2004 we worked behind the scenes, pressuring Kofi Annan to yield to an election date after the U.S. voting in November. We pushed through a 'transitional administrative law' intended to influence the eventual constitution, and promoted our CIA-poodle Iyad Allawi as temporary prime minister over the UN's choice, Hussein Shahristani who was an adviser to that power-monger Sistani."

"So son, you see, the game were playing is not the straightforward one we snow the public into believing. You have to understand we spent all that money and killed all those folks to bring CONTROL to IRAQ. Not FREEDOM. Got it yet kid?

Junior:

(((Somewhat crestfallen))) I think so Sir, yes..., I think so

Old Hand:

(((winks))) Son, youll learn... What we SAY and what we DO are two VERY different things. You do KNOW youre working for politicians dontcha?

Maybe you need a little more background here. Dont worry you can pay me back once youre a seasoned old campaigner yourself and have learned how to lie convincingly. If I do a good enough job on you, who knows, you could get to be president!

Okay, now listen up

It all hangs on the neo cons, youve heard of them, right? They had been desperate to attack Iraq since Daddy Bush. But he was too long in the tooth and didnt really know what was best for America. His son was empty-headed enough to get it filled with the right stuff!

Course it was necessary to have a good reason to attack Iraq, good PR you know? So we said the place was crawling with weapons of mass destruction, mixed in ideas that Iraq might have been behind 9/11 and so on. Easy! We managed to get everyone on the bus with us with that and thats whats important in THIS game kid.

Junior:

But we dont lie Sir, DO we...?? Were an upstanding Christian country, we send troops to places where there are bad men not for our good but for the selfless good of the world and we take the greatest care with innocent lives, dont we Sir, DON'T we...?

Old Hand:

(((Roars with laughter, hands on knees))) You are priceless kid, really you ARE! I think your talents are wasted here, you were born to work in Public Relations!

Junior:

Oh come on Sir, I know youre only kidding Now that Iraq is free they can build the kind of society they choose, the kind they want, free from everyone.

Old Hand:

(((Blank disbelief on his face))) Son..., I can see ahm gonna have to educate you a little

Now get this. We OWN Iraq now. Iraq is our CONCESSION. When we took over this franchise we kicked off by making a few rules. One of them was that Iraq could be sold to the highest bidder. Thats 100% of Iraq. What do you think of that? Our li'l very own MacIraq!

Junior:

That MUST be good, mustnt it? Now Iraq can play a full part in world trade, yes?

Old hand:

Well..., almost. It means that we get access to their cheap resources, mainly oil, but also human. It means American companies can sell to a whole new market when our markets here are getting saturated. Our companies can also get cheap labour and zero unionisation. If any Iraqi firms DO get going and get uppity we can slap huge tariffs on any of their finished goods so they cant come here and put our boys out of work. Right!? Meanwhile every aspect of Iraqi society gets westernized. And every last one of the changes in that vital process will be to OUR advantage Neat huh?

Junior:

"And how will their society look like after all this Sir?"

Old hand:

(((With loud dirty laugh))) Well you know, some of those Arab dames are pretty damn sexy, those black eyes, air of mystery and all that I can imagine stepping into one of the lap dancing clubs we set up in downtown Baghdad and getting a bunch of dark brown titty in my face as she swings round that shiny phallic pole of hers!"

(((Wipes the spittle from his face)))

And then we can take almost cash-free holidays in our new franchise, any white face with cash to flash can get some boy to bear us round town in some rickshaw type thingy (they got those their, my geography was never none too good!) Then a quick visit to the brothels on Shumata Street to dip my link after getting turned on by those lap dancers! After that maybe Ill call my Iraqi manservant and have him polish my shoes, kiss my feet or whatever before I head off to the casino. Sound good to you son?

Junior:

(((Somewhat doubtful))) Well, er, I suppose so Sir, but as Christians should we rally be doing that sort of thing?

Old hand:

Dont worry your head about that son. As soon as weve weaned those heathens off their present satanic beliefs through the application of western values all those evangelists who are straining at the leash to get into Iraq but too scared at the moment will pour in their and convert the whole damn lot of them!

Junior:

I see

Old hand:

Dont worry about it, its all planned for. They say we didnt have a plan son. Well its true we didnt have one to help the Iraqis. But we sure as hell have one to help OURSELVES!

Junior:

But what has that got to do with freedom and democracy Sir?

Old hand:

((Claps him on the back laughing heartily))) Nothing son, precisely nothing. Havnt you been listening to my pearls of wisdom here young man?

Were talking serfdom and slavery here. Serfdom & slavery. This little turkey shoot was for the benefit of the good ole US of A son! Lose the idea it was meant to be good for the Iraqis. I wonder where you got THAT idea, really?

(((Slaps head, realising))) Oh.! You got it from the PRESS RELEASES and Bushs speeches didnt you!!!!

(Laughing hard))) You didnt actually BE-LIEVE those DID you!?


Kid, you are in need of some SERIOUS education! Come and meet my good friend the CIA Liaison Officer, hes just down the hall




Copyright © steeleyes ... [ 2005-02-03 06:52:57]
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Re: FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY OR SERFDOM AND SLAVERY? (User Rating: 1 )
by Essentially9 on Monday, 25th April 2005 @ 10:24:23 PM AEST
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quite a story that is realistic in many ways. i think i prefer your poems though.




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