“We want the Sunnis out!”

It always occurred to me that the blood-weary souls in Baghdad have been accustomed to the daily violence and the stupid speeches of the leaders and occupiers of the whole country. But today, the situation has reached its peak. No more tolerance and no more “brotherhood” and “unity” soaring high like before.

I was web-surfing for the news and the latest events in Iraq this morning. As usual, no improvement! More blood, sorrow and loss. In addition to the hundreds who were killed last week, a stack of more twenty-six souls joined the heaven-flying souls this morning in Baghdad.

It has become known in Iraq that Sunnis bomb areas and Shiites kidnap, torture, and then kill. Today’s bombing occurred in one of Baghdad’s most famous recently called “Shiite” neighborhood of Karrada. As I was reading the whole article on Yahoo News, one paragraph froze my eyes and stopped my heart. “We want the Sunnis out!” Karrada demonstrators protested after the blast, the AP reported.

It took me a second to comprehend what Karrada people said. I couldn’t function. What? Out? Who? Where? In Karrada? Is this real? Did it really reach the extent that Shiites want Sunnis out so publicly? Karrada, the neighborhood which once embraced all sects, religions and ethnicities now ask people to leave? Wow! You got what you want Bush! Congratulations. Here is your dream of a divided Iraq come true. Here is the map of a “new” Middle East is going to be. I knew the British did not say it for nothing when they said, “Divide to Conquer”. Here you go.

When I watched his “State of Union” speech a few days ago, I couldn’t but laugh. I am not a fan of Hillary Clinton but I really found her comments very logical. “He said nothing new,” she told reporters after he finished his nonsense. Way to go Mrs. “president”!

I was watching him eagerly for the first time in my life hoping he is going to say something useful. Same nonsense every time! Terrorists, terrorists, and terrorists, and the terrorists are terrorizing the non-terrorists. Ok ok we got that! What’s next Monsieur President.

It was funny. Although for some of my friends, it wasn’t. Some of them even didn’t bother turning on the TV and watch the speech. “I’d rather spend more time with my dog,” my friend said. “At least he entertains me and help me be a delighted person,” she added laughing.

What is funniest what came after the speech! Cheney was interviewed on the CNN. You should hear this you should hear it. Wait wait wait. Don’t go. From the Washington Post:

Vice President Cheney said yesterday that the administration has achieved "enormous successes" in Iraq but complained that critics and the media "are so eager to write off this effort or declare it a failure" that they are undermining U.S. troops in a war zone, striking a far more combative tone than President Bush did in his State of the Union address the night before.

In a television interview that turned increasingly contentious as it wore on, Cheney rejected the gloomy portrayal of Iraq that has become commonly accepted even among Bush supporters. "There's problems" in Iraq, he said, but it is not a "terrible situation." And congressional opposition "won't stop us" from sending 21,500 more troops, he said, it will only "validate the terrorists' strategy."

Oh my God! I need to take my breath for a second. Excuse me! [Coughing]… It’s not a terrible situation!? OK, no offense, but if there Americans who believe in this, there are no stupid Iraqis do! Even the Mullah Hakim’s first hand man and Vice President Adil Abdul Mahdi said "Iraqis and Iraq had been put under occupation, which was an idiot decision” in a debate in Switzerland this morning! Good morning Dick! Oops sorry I meant Cheney.

Back to Bush. There was one sentence in what he said that really provoked me and made me feel disgusted. I was about to throw the ash tray at the TV when he said “to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy.” how dare he say that? He brought these enemies to our country and now he wants to fight them there? to keep Americans safe?!! Is it on the expense of innocent people?! Is it on the expense of destroying and dividing an entire country to make Americans safe?! I consider every American supporting him in that is selfish and mean and blood thirsty. Think of the bread you are eating and compare it to the blood-mixed bread Iraqis are eating. Think of the children crying when they hear an explosion. Think of the pregnant who lost their babies because they were unable to reach the hospital. Think of those deprived from their education. All of this is happening because his majesty believes in “taking the fight to the enemy” so that you become safe and we become the bait in which he could catch “terrorists” with.

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