The United States has recently built a wall segregating parts of Baghdad, joining such human rights abusers as the Soviets, the Nazis, and present-day Israelis. Gee, why would anyone not love the idea of an occupying power constructing a wall through their capital? The continuing efforts to convert Baghdad into a maximum security prison are just as controversial as they are ineffective, as Stewart notes.


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In an article at Truthdig, Scott Ritter rightly points out that the Republican Party, which idolizes Reagan for ordering Gorbachev to �tear down this wall,� stands behind Bush�s same affront to freedom in Iraq. He says, �That the party of Ronald Reagan would willingly ally itself with those who embrace policies so rightly and strongly condemned by America�s 40th president speaks volumes to the moral vacuum it is operating in today.� Anyone near the southern border of our country will also testify that building walls between populations and through ecosystems is nothing new to this administration.