Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a War Monger by any stretch of the imagination. Although I do bleed RED, WHITE AND BLUE. Today our colors were drawn and cased for the last time over Iraq. Did the Iraq’s President, Jalal Talabani, attend the ceremony? NO! Did Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, attend the ceremony? NO! In fact the first picture below and the last article are both very telling of how appreciative the Iraqi people really are of U.S. They’ve just turned their back on U.S. and threw a party in Fallujah. Well all I can say to that is,…
“You’re welcome, Douche Bags, here’s your Ass Hat, wear it with pride.”
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - DECEMBER 15: U.S. Military personnel holding the US flag, Iraq flag, and the US Forces Iraq colours stand as an Iraqi Army officer (L) walks away before the start of a casing ceremony where the United States Forces- Iraq flag was retired, signifying the departure of United States troops from Iraq, at the former Sather Air Base on December 15, 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq. United States forces are scheduled to entirely depart Iraq by December 31, there are currently around 4,000 troops remaining in Iraq.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Iraqis have received news of US troops pullout with jubilation - and thousands in the city of Fallujah took to the streets to celebrate on Wednesday in an event dubbed as the first annual "festival to celebrate the role of the resistance". Demonstrators rallied across the city, shouting slogans in support of the "resistance", a reference to the campaign by Iraqi fighters in Fallujah that was a bastion of opposition against the invasion. Some burned US and Israeli flags while others held up banners and placards inscribed with phrases such as "Now we are free" and "Fallujah is the flame of the resistance".
Others carried posters bearing photos of apparent fighters, faces covered and carrying weapons. They also held up pictures of US soldiers killed and military vehicles destroyed Widespread fighting in Fallujah against the occupation begun in 2003, after a controversial event known as the "pupil's uprising". The city was also the focus of two major US offensives in 2004 after four US employees of US private security firm Blackwater were killed in the city.
