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Current Events » in reply to "Bush calls for US debate on Iraq." How 'bout the last election?

"We were promised a kind of heaven on earth, but we've been given a real hell."

>"Despite all the hardships I face here, it is better than going back to Baghdad," said Ali in Amman, Jordan. "They will behead me. What else can I do? I have no choice."

Ali is just part of the two million refugees fleeing Iraq and it's sectarian violence. (which we started, and we can't contain).
Who can blame them? They were promised release from a brutal dictator and they were promised democracy.
Remember that purple inked finger? When it was flaunted in our newspapers as a measure of success?

Well, things have spiralled out of control.
On the roads to both Jordan and Syria, Sunni insurgents have dragged Shiites on their way to Jordan or Syria from buses and executed them.

And they ask:
>"Who expected it would turn out like this -- Sunni against Shia?" he continued. "We were like brothers. Why is this happening?"

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
Good question. Go ask your omnipotent leader that one.
For details, see why 2 million Iraqis are fleeing<here.>

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