Please cite relevant passages in their report, or even inferences, as I can find no substantiation for such a claim in your article. In your article you write near the end, “The Baker-Hamilton report, unwittingly, confirms that the US military deployment in Iraq amounted to a war crime.” On “The German chancellor and the Baker-Hamilton report” This whole mess could be settled tomorrow if they would simply pack up and move along quietly before the smallpox blanket trick needs to be employed yet again. Much like the Joad family, the Hawaiians, the Cubans, the Native Americans, and the Palestinians, the Iraqi people have made the fatal mistake of possessing something coveted by international bankers and the ruling elite. The stated objectives of this illegal invasion have been accomplished, and now all that is left are the unstated objectives, which are the enslavement of the Iraqi people and the theft of their resources. Having curtailed Constitutional rights and corrupted the election process, the ruling elite has nothing to fear but fear itself. On “Bush administration preparing to boost US troop strength in Iraq” That attack famously led to the Kiel Mutiny, which was an opening event of the revolutionary events in Germany from late 1918 to 1919. When the war had been lost for Imperial Germany, the General Staff ordered a full naval suicide-type assault by the German Fleet at Kiel upon the British Fleet. Given the current political situation in the United States, combined with the deterioration of the operational effectiveness and size of total US troops and the cobbling together of units, this further design to produce a “surge” in US troops in Iraq through one more massive attack somehow reminds one a bit of a famous order by the German General Staff in 1918. On “Pentagon report paints grim picture for US in Iraq” One possible consequence of the enormous failure in Iraq, the Stalingrad of American imperialism, is that the generals may try to “save the nation” now that they cannot hide behind the will of the Leader. Then the German generals began plotting, as America’s generals are doing. This operation called Citadel caused enormous losses to all sides but ended in failure for Germany, as will the still unnamed Bush operation in Iraq. Hitler too gathered together from varied units all that could be assembled and with the backing of a loyal SS General Zeitzler launched his tanks and nearly a million troops against the Soviet army at Kursk salient. Hitler’s generals, like the American general staff, began an increasing energetic protest against many aspects of Hitler’s generalship, especially his belief in an earlier version of “the surge” that the Bush gang is planning in Iraq. Such allies as Hungary and Romania had lost four divisions at Stalingrad and were not inclined to render further assistance, leaving Germany, like America, alone. Hitler too was convinced that his Russian invasion would be a quick in-and-out operation, but by this time he achieved only a kind of stalemate. I find an astonishing similarity between Bush’s predicament in Iraq and Hitler’s situation in 1943. For how long will the world put up with the biggest terrorist state on Earth? The same scenario with exactly the same obvious results. We will see soon the escalation stage (this is what I call the denial stage), and then the total defeat after a few more thousands killed on both sides. The Americans do not want to learn from history. The Americans in the end were totally defeated and their embassy staff (and their South Vietnamese collaborators) had to escape by helicopters from the roof of the building. The war continued for a few more very bloody years with thousands more killed on both sides. The Americans were losing in Vietnam, and Johnson decided to escalate the war. On “Year-end press conference: Bush sets stage for major escalation in Iraq” The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
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