Is a general protest against the Iraq brewing
The news from Iraq is getting messier by the day for Bush and his Bushmen. The wanton attack on civillian targets has not got the kind of play in the Weatern media that Darfur is getting. Amnesty International which is the first to critisize non Western governments for violation of human rights is keeping silent, showing that they are just a bunch of rent a cause liberals. U S troops who have largely been disciplined, are now showing every sign that civillian control is breaking down and in some cases refusing to carry out orders. Troops on patrol duty and escort duty are not willing to take orders, and Iraqi troops are not trusted both by the Allawi "government" and their masters. In Talil, a city in southern Iraq nearly a full company refused to go on patrol duty. The Iraqi Resistance is gradually breaking the will of the soldiers to fight and the US is reponding by increasing the level and intensity of air strikes. This strategy is not working, because the Iraqis are just deserting the cities leaving empty streets for the US troops to patrol Fallujah is being bombed everyday and in spite of the civillian caualities the U N is not showing any sign of intervening. While Darfur is a humanitarian concern so is Iraq.