US Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated
• Dahr Jamail
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder
respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
- George Orwell
On July 4 in Baghdad, Vice President Joe Biden, who campaigned with Barack
Obama on a platform of ending the occupation of Iraq, found himself in one of
former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's lavish buildings, the Al-Faw Palace.
While one of Saddam Hussein's thrones sat on the side of the room, Biden presided
over a swearing-in ceremony for 237 soldiers, who were becoming US citizens.
Speaking of the ceremony, Biden said,
"We did it in Saddam's palace, and I can think of nothing better. That
S.O.B. is rolling over in his grave right now." Perhaps the irony of both
the scene and his statement were lost to Biden. For if Saddam Hussein was rolling
in his grave, the reason would have less to do with one of his pala
