{"id":216,"date":"2004-06-03T22:38:46","date_gmt":"2004-06-04T02:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2004-06-03T22:38:46","modified_gmt":"2004-06-04T02:38:46","slug":"bremer-the-dictator-of-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Bremer the ‘dictator of Iraq’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it me, or didn’t Bush tell us that the UN, in the person of Lakhdar Brahimi, would be in charge of choosing the new Iraqi Interim Governing council? I’m pretty sure he did.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend it seemed, however, that the process got hijacked by the Interim Governing Council who made their President, the new President, their Foreign Minister the new Foreign Minister etc. And then they “dissolved” themselves. Neat trick. What could possibly<\/i> go wrong?<\/p>\n

But — as ever with these liars (sorry, it’s an overused word, blame them, not me, cause they’re seemingly addicted to it) — America apparently doesn’t deserve the truth.<\/p>\n

From Knight-Ridder<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Asked how big a role the American administration had in forming the government and selecting the prime minister and president, Brahimi reminded reporters that American Ambassador L. Paul Bremer runs things in Iraq.<\/p>\n

“Bremer is the dictator of Iraq,” he said. “He has the money. He has the signature.”<\/p>\n

He later added: “I will not say who was my first choice, and who was not my first choice … I will remind you that the Americans are governing this country.”<\/p><\/div>\n

No good man goes unpunished by the Mayberry Machiavellis.<\/p>\n

After he finished speaking, he walked off from the podium, alone. A U.N. banner was tacked on the wall behind him, waiting to be taken down and replaced by the Americans in time for the next news conference.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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