Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

Reports are creeping out that U.S. forces have been using chemical weapons in the recent battle in Falluja. Apparently the current news blackout in Falluja has the U.S. military thinking they can take the gloves off.

These claims aren’t coming out of left field. The U.S. military has already admitted that they used Napalm against Iraqis once before. According to one officer: “The generals love napalm. It has a big psychological effect.”

Good job, Dubya. Chemical weapons used to terrorize your enemies. This is a perfect bookend to the Abu Ghraib disaster.

Again, what was your reason for toppling Saddam...?

This makes one wonder, what’s it all look like to the Iraqis? When America cannot distinguish itself from Saddam and Osama militarily, and democracy in action looks like yet another form of imposed tyranny, there is little reason to ever believe that the invasion is about anything other than stealing their oil.

What does this say about Bush’s true motivations, when the only thing “free” in Iraq right now is the flowing of oil, and the only places secure are the oil wells?