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Oh, lovely

U.S. Deaths in Iraq Exceed 9-11 Count

And, of course, there's still no sign of Mr. Bin Laden, who most sentient people suspect was the person who ordered the a la carte destruction of the WTC.

But, hey, with the wave of a pen the United States has forged new frontiers in international treachery, destroyed a stable secular islamic state (and replaced it with hell on earth *and* a huge new fundamentalist movement,) AND found many ways to shame and debase the formerly good name of the country.

Not that I expect that this causes the B*sh junta any sleepless nights. Their buddy Osama is safely out of the spotlight, well-connected imperial friends are raking in money faster than they could print it, and the United States is plunging down an arc of social equality that will end with (pre-Chavez) Venezuela looking like a paragon of social equality and justice. It's all roses if you're a super-rich conservative who doesn't give a fuck about the United States of America, stable markets, or, well, anything except from being able to sneer at hoi polloi.

The soldiers, resistance fighters, and civilians who've bled out their lives on the floor of hell itself, well, they don't count; if they were smart, they'd have rich parents who believed in having other people die to preserve their golden ricebowls.

Merry effing Christmas, everyone.