Friends Reunited: Back to Bipartisan Business on the Slaughter in Iraq

Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque

Whew! Thank God that's over! The mighty wind you hear coming from Washington today is the huge sigh of relief from Democratic leaders, glad that they can now drop all the political posturing about ending the war in Iraq and get back on board with the imperial program. With the crushing defeat yesterday of what was purported to be a bill to "end" the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry "Give 'Em Mild Heck" Reid moved quickly to give the Dear Leader all the money he needs to keep feeding the Babylonian inferno with the dead bodies of Iraqi citizens and American soldiers. In fact, the bill in question, the Feingold Plan, would not have actually ended the illegal occupation of Iraq -- God forbid!...

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