Monday, May 30, 2005

I go away for a day...

and we get more evidence of the evil that is the Bush, and Blair, governments. Apparently, US and UK aircraft began bombing Iraq in March of 2002, a full year before the "war" "began".

A bunch of different people have been all over this, noting the evil and lies inherent in this strategy. However, I'd like to point out the historical analogy that struck me, once again - the invasion of Russia by the forces of Germany in the summer of 1941. Though the Nazis' increased air activity in 1941 was primarily reconnaisance, it was explicitly intented to goad Stalin's air force giving the Nazis a causus belli. This isn't the first time I've compared the invasion of Iraq to Barbarossa - Bush's chilling pre-war declaration that captured Iraqis would not be granted the protections of the Geneva conventions (and we now know this policy has been followed enthusiastically) has a parallel in Hitler's similar declaration about captured Bolsheviks.

Well, it's nice to know that the US and UK governments are open-minded. After all, Hussein compared himself to Stalin, so I suppose it's only fitting that we take our cues from Hitler, right?

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