Iraqi Democracy Bans Movement of People & Vehicles “Until Further Notice”

The Iraqi version of freedom looks a lot like a military dictatorship at present with the total ban on movement in Baghdad and two provinces from 6 a.m. Sunday until further notice. The curfew means no people or cars are allowed to move. The Iraqi military cancelled all leaves and called up reserves.

What happens if the long enduring, democracy loving Iraqi people actually cash in their freedom chips ambling about the city during the curfew? Will they be shot on sight? How many will die Sunday on the streets of Baghdad? How many will perish throughout the internally torn nation hanging together by sheer threads? Will it be more than the 148 people Saddam Hussein is charged with killing in his current trial?

The Saudi’s warned President Bush pre-invasion of the mess he was about to make. But George wanted to go trick or treating for oil and revenge in Iraq. When Saddam wouldn’t offer up the goodies, Bush lit the flaming bag of poo tossing it on the Iraqi porch. The problem is Hussein slipped out the back door, leaving the prankster with the task of putting out his flaming joke. The U.S. President has worn the lit bag for over three years now. The fire just may reach his backside on Election Day.

Will the Saddam verdict, engineered to give Bush and his cabal a boost in the ratings work out as “planned”? My guess is the people will rush madly into the street with bouquets of roses, matching America’s politicians and their rose colored glasses. The problem is the streets won’t flow red flow from rose petals or green from their leaves.

The streets of Baghdad flow red from blood and green from sewage. The U.S. federal budget is deep in the red from the cost of the war while major quantities of green go to Bush insider companies.

Can we have a curfew on all no bid contracts until further notice? And shouldn’t Stuart Bowen’s Office of Iraq Reconstruction get a reprieve? How else will we know to be red in the face for our elected leaders wasting the green, also known as “our money” in Bush tax lingo?