Tannishblog

Like The Boy Who Cried “Wolf”, the Bush who cried ”Democracy” is getting harder and harder to believe. Prince George was in Chicago yesterday, rehearsing his talking points for the National Restaurant Association, proudly preening progress in Iraq. Today, in my irritability, I cry “Bullshit!”

No doubt, this version of the NRA is more interested in the impact of immigration upon their workforce than in anything happening in the Middle East. True to form, our President uses this occasion to pimp his message rather than face the concerns of the people he’s addressing. According to CNN, this is how”Democracy” looks to Mr. Bush:

· A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi police patrol in the Bayaa neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad at 3 p.m. Monday killing three police commandos and wounding three others, Baghdad police said.

· In northern Baghdad, gunmen assassinated Judge Jumma Abed al-Mamouri in the Hurriya neighborhood at 5 p.m. local time Monday, an official said. Al-Mamouri was working at a civil court in Baghdad, the official added.

· In the Zafaraniya neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad, one civilian was killed and two others were wounded when a car bomb exploded around 11:30 a.m., the official said.
· North of the capital, gunmen killed four civilians in separate incidents in Baquba, a police official said.

· In Musayyib, about 70 kilometers south of Baghdad, four Iraqi police were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle, an official with Hilla police said.

· Iraqi police in Baghdad found nine unidentified bodies in various locations around the capital in the past 24 hours. All the victims had been shot in the head and the bodies showed signs of torture.

In another CNN story, Saddam Hussein is caught chortling in court during the testimony of his brother-in-law, who draws parallels between the ethnic cleansing Hussein is on trial for and the cleansing of insurgents in Falluja by US led forces. Wholesale slaughter looks very much the same no matter whom the perpetrator. This reminds me there usually are two sides to any story, something the MSM is lately rediscovering.

I guess the president is right, sort of; there is progress being made.