Feel the Love

Cheney's visit to Iraq last week received a chilly reception in some Iraqi newspaper commentaries. Guess these are not the articles we pay for.

“In his surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was apparently pleased with the success of the elections. He should not be....The nine-hour visit was Cheney's first since the U.S.-led invasion that ousted President Saddam Hussein in April 2003. No cheering crowds awaited the chief architect of the war, as he predicted they would prior to the invasion.....Nonetheless, he bragged about the elections, seeing them as a milestone. Since he and his troops have no other achievement to speak of after nearly three years of occupation, this isn't surprising.....Iraqis didn't go to polls in their millions because they are happy with the status quo. They went because they are tired and desperate and hope by voting, they will eventually elect a national government that will end the occupation and improve their worsening condition.....Iraqis have felt little difference since the fall of Saddam Hussein. And now they fear that in the aftermath of the elections, conditions will even worsen.”

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