Life In Iraq, Part II: Civilization of Deception
If the Iran nuclear crisis seems like 'deja vu all over again" it's because it is.The United States, along with most of the world, stood in awe during the run-up to the Persian Gulf War, as Saddam Hussein seemed to make and break a dizzying array of promises and commitments with frightening speed and ease, right up until the moment we unleashed our tanks and his vaunted armies unleashed their white flags.
The UN, Europe, and the Clinton Administration jumped for joy at every promise the lovely and talented Mr. Arafat spewed forth in support of the "Roadmap to Peace", until his unbroken streak of broken promises finally ended -- but only because he finally died.Now we have a similar scenario with Iran's "enthusiastic" leader, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (damn Muslim names -- let's just call him "Uncle Mah", shall we?) who makes more promises about "peaceful future intentions" than a convicted child molester up for parole. The only difference is, the child molester has a much better chance of keeping his promises to reform and rehabilitate -- and we all know how likely that is!
So what is it about these blessed followers of the "Religion of Peace" that enables them to -- not bend, not spin, not obfuscate -- but flat-out LIE all the time? I'm no anthropologist, but the time I've spent in Iraq over the last couple of years has provided me with a big clue as to why these guys seem so able to look the world straight in the eye and lie as easily and frequently as they bend over and . . .well, pray.
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