Truthdig - Reports - Molly Ivins: Eye to Eye in Iraq: ". . .The trouble with Iraq is what keeps happening there. We haven’t rebuilt the place—in fact, it keeps getting worse in terms of basic services. You have to admit, leaving a place worse off than Saddam Hussein kept it is not a bragging point. Number of people killed keeps going up, signs of militias out of control, sectarian violence, spreading anarchy ... not good.
Years ago, Mrs. T. Cullen Davis, of tacky Texas murder trial fame, said as her husband tried to grab a fabulous necklace he gave her, “This ain’t no takesie-backsie.” (You may now take a deep breath while considering the depth of that comment.)
I feel that Iraq is also a “no takesie-backsie.” It is a putrid human, social and political disaster, and getting worse, not better. The people who got us into this should not be forgiven—they should not even get a “bounce” from it. There is only one thing I want from them—to get us and our Army out of there, instead of cavalierly announcing that will be left to “future presidents.” "
We broke it. . .
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