Remember the Iraqi Information Minister in 2003? “There are no U.S. troops in Baghdad,” he said as you could see the smoke rising behind him from the U.S. invasion. Americans found this guy completely entertaining.

I think of that moment often when Clueless George and others insist that all is well in Iraq and Iraqi troops are preparing to take over the jobs currently covered by U.S. troops. Apparently some people aren’t looking beyond the great and powerful Oz to watch the video and read the stories coming out of Iraq. In particular, a video on The Guardian (UK) shows bored U.S. troops doing little more than drawing fire then running around trying to figure out who shot at them from Iraqi police and government positions. Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar on Democracy Now this morning talked about the violent revenge against coalition forces by Iraqis.

How many administration officials or government spokespeople will come forward with their truth before those in power acknowledge the gravity of the failure that is Iraq?

At some point, we just need to look over Bush’s shoulder to see the smoke rising in the distance.

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