http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.cholera/index.html
The Bush administration has taken some heat but not nearly enough for the lack of planning and incompetence in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. They have failed in every respect to anticipate or deliver on the most fundamental issues facing post invasion Iraq from the loss of the 'real' weapons of mass destruction in the form of tons of explosives and weapons gone missing 'after' the invasion, to the raping of the national treasury theirs and ours), museums, landmarks, archaeological sites and the looting of the country, to the poor pace of reconstruction
and the restoration of even the most basic services. (four years on power, water and basic services are still not up to pre-war levels).
Tens of billions have been spent on what was suppose to be the rehabilitation of the Saddam decline, and yet we have still not achieved for the Iraqi people even the levels of services and security during the reign of Saddam.
Hundreds of thousands have died, millions have fled the country, and the struggle for power in Iraq goes on. Now we are just creating space for this struggle wasting the lives and treasure of this country even further in this fiasco compounded by the arrogance of an administration not willing to face the truth of their own failures.
It is actually surprising that in the post invasion squalor we have created for the Iraqi people that this kind of health problem has not cropped up earlier.
We should, as Americans hold these men responsible, but in all likelihood they will never be punished, for there lies, deceit, treachery and treason.
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