The New and Improved Democratic Iraq

Well, I have to say, things in Iraq are really improving by the day, especially for gays. From Towleroad:

"There is mounting evidence that fundamentalists have infiltrated government security forces to commit homophobic murders while wearing police uniforms. Human rights groups are particularly concerned that the Sadr and Badr militias, both Shia, have stepped up their attacks on the gay community after a string of religious rulings, since the US-led invasion, calling for the eradication of homosexuals."

Is this something that the U.S. military is aware of? Apparently, and here's maybe the most cowardly crime of all:

"Mr Hili, whose Abu Nawas group has close links with clandestine gay activists inside Iraq, said US coalition forces are unwilling to try and tackle the rising tide of homophobic attacks. 'They just don't want to upset the Iraqi government by bringing up the taboo of homosexuality even though homophobic murders have intensified,' he said."

Now, I don't know how bad gays must have had it under Saddam's rule, probably pretty bad, but it's starting to look like more and more Iraqi segments of the population are worse off now then they were when he was in charge.

At least back then they had power and water continuously (certainly in Baghdad), women were freer than in other Muslim countries and people didn't run the risk of being murdered freely by the police, or by people who fake being the police.

Nice work, Mr. Bush. Iraq is really a beacon of liberties in the Middle East now that you have taken it under your wing.

For the sake of every single human being, let's just hope someone finds the way to stop this insane individual from attacking Iran.

If he does, we might really witness the end of civilization in our lifetime.