Patrick Cockburn on the US Defeat in Iraq

by Charles Lenchner · 2008-12-17 00:24:00 UTC
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On November 27th the Iraqi parliament voted in favor of an agreement spelling out the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011. This did not get nearly the attention it deserved. In the London Review of Books, Cockburn points out that the agreement "is in almost every way the opposite of the one the US started to negotiate in March, which was largely an attempt to continue the occupation under similar terms to the UN mandate that expires at the end of the year."

In other words, the American imperial project has failed. Let's pause and honor that fact, which will not and cannot be undone by incoming President Obama.

On behalf of those active in the U.S. peace movement, let me acknowledge the sadness of not having Bush's imperial ambition cut short by our motley crew back in 2002. We were right, he was wrong, and not listening to us will cost more than 3 trillian $dollars and many dead Iraqis and American soldiers. What a shame. Maybe next time we'll be taken more seriously.

Charles Lenchner
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