By Calypso
Published Tuesday, June 26th, 2007, 7:29 am
Filed under: World: Asia, War, Society/Culture: Art, Personal Posts, World Issues

2 Responses to “Think Tank”

1. 

   A wonderful image; very Banksy-esque. Literally millions of Iraqis have peacefully demanded an end to both the U.S. occupation and violence and in-fighting among Iraqis. These non-violent protests have been met, in general, with both silence from the U.S. media, and violence by Iraqi separatist groups and coalition forces:

   The unreported — or at least underreported — story is that Iraqi nationalists are not just “insurgents”; there are many who still believe in political solutions and nonviolent resistance. They continue to work against the occupation through diplomacy and nonviolent opposition, but the Al-Maliki regime, which is dominated by Iraqi separatists, has joined the White House, the Pentagon and the bulk of the U.S. Congress in marginalizing their voices. It is the latest in a long series of examples of American officials backing only the worst horses in Iraq — a theme that began with the embrace of proven fraudsters like Ahmed Chalabi.

   Much of the violence in Iraq has been fueled by this systematic disregard for nonviolent means of opposing the occupation…

   Nonviolent resistance in Iraq continues to be met with violence today. Iraqi nationalists have faced repeated attacks by both Coalition forces and Iraqi separatists — from the bombing of the National Dialogue Front’s headquarters in Baghdad to attacks by Shia separatists like SCIRI on Sadr loyalists. At the same time, U.S. officials have heaped praise on — and the White House has feted — Iraqi separatists while dismissing Iraq’s nationalists as “extremists” or members of “anti-government forces.”

   evmonk
   06/27/07 at 12:41 pm
   
2. 

   Forgot to link to the source of that quote. Alternet: “U.S. Imperial Ambitions Thwart Iraqis’ Peace Plans”

   evmonk
   06/27/07 at 12:43 pm
   

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