As the Bush administration and its media wax orgiastic over the Iraqi elections, let us not forget that (1) these elections were the “last hurrah” for Bush’s efforts to salvage some respectability from his depraved war and its vicious consequences, and (2) news of the results of the voting is being presented to us by the same voices that were once assuring us that Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction” and the capacity and willingness to unleash them on Americans; that “documents” and aluminum tubing had been found that confirmed Hussein’s efforts to acquire nuclear capabilities; and that Hussein was, … Continue reading Iraqi Elections in Retrospect