Bu$hCo Iraq Terrorism Incubator

Juan Cole, Professor of History at University of Michigan, through his “Informed Consent” blog, gives us this common clear and concise commentary on the newest Abu Ghraid images linking to Salon plus the Army report on some of the same. Kudos to Salon for the remarkably restrained and relaxingly reasoned yet resolute replies by Editor in Chief Joan Walsh to MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson on the issue! Dr. Cole then tackles the UN’s Commission on Human Rights taking on the Gitmo facilty. The motivation for this post is however the way Professor Cole’s language on Iraq skewers Bu$hCo as follows:

Bush is seeking another $68 billion for Iraq (and a little for Afghanistan). This thing is costing each American thousands of dollars. And it is certainly making the US less secure over time. Bush's terrorism incubator in Iraq has already produced an increase in the sophistication of guerrilla attacks in Afghanistan. Now UPI says that the more canny techniques are even showing up among rebels in southern Thailand! The world will be living with the aftermath of Fallujah and Abu Ghraib for decades.

If you are interested in Iraq and the Middle East as a whole, and bless your hard heart if you aren’t, then be sure to check back with Dr. Cole often. Then there’s also Iraq Coaltition Casualty Count. 2272 US soldiers dead and 16,653 wounded as of this post. Thousands of innocent Iraqis killed and maimed! Worst administration ever! Peace … or War!