There Just Aren't Words

For the incompetence of this administration or its hand-picked lackeys in Iraq. The new Iraqi flag, unveiled yesterday, is yet another indicator of how badly the occupation of Iraq is being handled. If simple things like this can get so horribly bungled, what happens when important things come up?

Hamid Kifaie, spokesman for the council of stooges Iraqi Governing Council, had this to say: "We are not imposing this flag on the people; it was chosen by the legitimate representatives of Iraq. When a new national assembly is elected, it can decide whether to keep it or change it."

The legitimate representatives of Iraq? The IGC? Ha ha ha ha! These people were put into power by the US. The people who live in Iraq know this; why doesn't Mr. Kifaie?

Yet another Charlie Foxtrot. And screw-ups in occupied countries always come with a cost in lives.