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April 12,
2003
They'll
be a-Burnin and a-Lootin Tonight
Let
the Stealing Begin
by
WALLACE GAGNE
They're dancing in the streets. They're pulling
down statues. Stripping hospitals.
They're looting. Everything's great.
Everything's been stolen. Nothing works.
It's a whole new ballpark. It's Tommy
Franks. It's Ballpark Franks.
Saddam's in Syria. Saddam's in drag.
It's April. It's August. Black September.
A red alert. Mellow yellow. Blue on blue.
Everything's cool.
Everything's lousy. We're outta water.
Where's the beef. What's your beef.
Stealing fridges, toilets, tires, bath
tubs. Stripping light bulbs. Robbing neighbors. America's in
for the long term, counting the days, cutting our losses.
Humanitarian aid is flowing in, stuck
in the harbor, rotting on the docks.
It's anthrax, smallpox, Saddam in a drum.
He's cowering in a tunnel. It's his
triple. Howdy Doody. Ted Koppel. Don1t
go away. We love you. We hate you.
The President's out in front, back in
Crawford, looking to the future. It's a historic moment, a glorious
victory, another Vietnam. Let's ask a retired general. Let's
ask
Ari Fleisher. Why now. Why not now. It's
Terrik Azziz. A Chinese disease.
A roadmap to peace. The Highway to Hell.
Are you happy. Are you sad.
We want freedom. We want jobs. We want
free hand jobs. Let's hear from Peter.
Let's hear from Wolf. Let's hear from
Peter and the Wolf.
There's a power vacuum. A new sheriff
in town. There's a sheriff in town with
a new vacuum cleaner. Terrific. We1ll
be right back. Stole my microphone.
Iraq should be rebuilt by the world community,
by the United Nations, by
innovative market measures, by the coalition
of the willing, by Halliburton and
Bechtel. What're you thinking. What're
you feeling. It's getting closer.
It's chaos, anarchy, a crisis. Need a
police state. What's Bush's number.
The new government will be based on elected
officials, a tribal council, recycled aristocrats, American stooges.
Remarkable. Hugs and kisses. Loot's on the ground.
Iraq will be an oasis of freedom, a bottomless
pit, one huge pawn shop.
Everyone's stealing together. Good for
business. Good for America.
Here's Paula. There's Abdullah. Over
to Mohammed. He's been arrested.
Iraq's a rich ethnic mosaic, a human
rainbow, a stinking cesspool torn apart by racial hatred. More
in a moment. The Marines are calm and rational.
They're paranoid and trigger-happy. She's
praising Allah. He's praying to Jesus.
Looks bad. Looks great. Instant Coverage.
Breaking News. The same old crap.
They're a great people. They're fencing
their loot. They're burning our flag.
It's under control. We're surrounded.
Taking incoming. Think I'm hit.
Sunset. Sunrise. 2:17 A.M. Back to Paula.
Over to Heidi. Back to Paula.
They're stealing televisions. TV shopping.
The American way.
Wallace Gagne
lives in Tokyo. He can be reached at: w-s-gagne@nifty.com
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Grossman
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the Victory, the Harder the Peace
Uri
Avnery
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Wayne Madsen
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David Krieger
Before You Become Too Flushed with Victory, Think of Ali Ismaeel
Abbas
Jeremy
Brecher
What Can the World Do Now That Tanks Prowl Baghdad?
Robert
Jensen
The Unseen War
Geoffrey
Neale
Ashcroft's War on the Constitution:
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Jeffrey
St. Clair
Last Tango in Baghdad
Hammond
Guthrie
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Joseph
Heller
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