Cheney: Iraq War a Success

Man, I've heard of spin before, but seriously...

According to the main architect of our latest and greatest fiasco, the war in Iraq has been a success...

Nevermind that our troops went in there under false pretenses (read: lies), nevermind that aside from no WMDs found, there were also no links to Al Qaeda found either. Nevermind that calling something a success requires some sort of, I don't know... SUCCESS?!

In other news, an Iraqui woman (yes, we have been successful in making suicide bombing a career choice for Iraqi women too! Yay! Promoting women's rights in the Middle East), ahem, blew herself up about a half hour after Cheney spoke. Oh, and 25 other people died with her. and 50 people were injured. So, SUCCESS! woot

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Your Tax Dollars at Work

Gotta love this. Can't say I'm really surprised though. The list of things that simply piss me off more than I can say is growing longer and longer every day.

"This is the largest US Embassy built – roughly the size of Vatican City – and at $600 million (£300 million) the most expensive. At a time when millions of Baghdadis outside the green zone receive only a couple of hours of water and electricity daily, Iraqis observe that this project has been completed on time, on budget, and is entirely self-sufficient with its own fresh water supply, electricity plant, sewage treatment facility, maintenance shops and warehouses."

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