The Death of American Exceptionalism

Fallujah Iraq
33° 28' North; 48° 48' East

It seems that Americans on both side of the divide are finally waking up to the disaster that is the Iraqi occupation.

In fact, we've noticed that even freeper leaning sites are starting to post lists of the dead and mutilated from the unbelievably stupid Operation Phantom Fury.

And they are terrible lists indeed.

Unfortunately, they only include American casualties.

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As we've noted in the last three posts there is absolutely nothing Phantomagoric about the latest seige of Fallujah.

Because it's all in your face, stand on your neck, shock and awful.

But there are no long, long, long lists of the Iraqi dead and mutilated (or even short ones).

And little Scottie McLellan, George Bush's mouthpiece, tells us why.

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And the true Fury is not coming from the stupid swagger of American generals whipping the troops into a faux 'Onward Christian Soldier' rage of moral blindness and abject hubris.

Instead it's coming from the Iraqi population. And this is the general population, not the theocrats, the dead-enders, the terrorists or the insurgents.

Riverbend will give you the latter story. Her latest post is worth reading very slowly, but if you're pressed for time you need only read the last bit:

Rumsfeld: "The Rule of Iraq assassins must end..."
Riverbend: "I couldn't agree more: Get out Americans."