Why Is Our Soldiers Dying?

Rarely is the question asked, one of our favorite prefaces to the oft-used punchline that is Dear Leader's daily mauling of the English language. Lots of bad news out of our colony currently headquartered in Baghdad, including this:

The new constitution is rejected by the second largest ethnic population in the colony.

Others warned of dire consequences should the draft become the law of the land.

"If the constitution is passed against the will of the Iraqi people, it will increase the violence," said Salih Mutlaq, a Sunni Arab negotiator on the constitutional panel.

Sunnis released a statement calling upon the Arab League and United Nations to intervene.

"The circumstances in which it is written are not good," said Ismail Zair, editor of the Sabah Jadid, a daily newspaper. "The constitution will face a severe campaign from the Sunni groups. I think they will be able to foil the constitution then violence will start."

Celebrations broke out today in Iraq's heavily Shiite south and in Sadr City, the Baghdad slum where millions of poor Iraqi Shiites live. Other Iraqis were filled with dread.

"Someone should have gotten up and said we're stalemated," said an Iraqi official with extensive knowledge of the constitutional process, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of his position in the government. "We cannot have a referendum on a document without the agreement of people we said represented the second largest group in the country."

Meanwhile, Bush spreads manure to a fawning press corps:

But the president sought to dispel any fallout from the failure to meet U.S. goals.

"Of course, there's disagreement," he said. "We're watching a political process unfold, a process that has encouraged debate and compromise — a constitution that was written in a society in which people recognize that there had to be give and take."

The U.S. Constitution, he noted, was not unanimously received.

"Some Sunnis have expressed reservations about various provisions of the constitution," Bush said. "There are strong beliefs among other Sunnis that this constitution is good for all Iraqis, and that it adequately reflects compromises suitable to all groups."
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Despite the problems, Bush said the Iraqi people "have once again demonstrated to the world that they are up to the historic challenges before them.

"Their example is an inspiration to all who share the universal values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law," he said. "This is a document of which the Iraqis and the rest of the world can be proud."

He may not want to deal with the truth, choosing instead to expel little more than hot air. I'd rather he just fart when asked how things are going in Iraq. It is more honest and meaningful than what he normally produces.

Just so the King knows, some of his fellow travellers have figured out the cause of all the turmoil and what is getting our men and women killed over a constitution of which we can all be proud: gays.

The Rev. Fred Phelps, founder of Westboro Baptist in Kansas, contends that American soldiers are being killed in Iraq as vengeance from God for protecting a country that harbors gays. The church, which is not affiliated with a larger denomination, is made up mostly of Phelps' children, grandchildren and in-laws.

The church members carried signs and shouted things such as "God hates fags" and "God hates you."

About 10 church members protested near Smyrna United Methodist Church and nearly 20 stood outside the National Guard Armory in Ashland City. Members have demonstrated at other soldier funerals across the nation.

Beautiful, isn't it? I know they aren't in the mainstream, but I hold accountable the chimp for all the hate and venom he spews in the furtherance of spreading his agenda.