More fun from the Red Guardian

From the November 27 Guardian we have Gary Younge who makes John Murtha look like Patton, because you see it's Always The West's Fault...

...insidious is the manner in which the Democrats, who are about to take over the US Congress, have framed their arguments for withdrawal. Last Saturday the newly elected House majority leader, Steny Hoyer, suggested that the Americans would pull out because the Iraqis were too disorganised and self-obsessed. "In the days ahead, the Iraqis must make the tough decisions and accept responsibility for their future," he said. "And the Iraqis must know: our commitment, while great, is not unending."

Actually for a Democrat he kind of makes sense... so of course the Guardian columnist becomes enraged...

It is absurd [try it with an English accent it sounds better. Abzurd]to suggest that the Iraqis - who have been invaded, whose country is currently occupied, who have had their police and army disbanded and their entire civil service fired - could possibly be in a position to take responsibility for their future and are simply not doing so.
...Also, it leaves intact the bogus premise that the invasion was an attempt at liberation that has failed because some squabbling ingrates, incapable of working in their own interests, could not grasp the basic tenets of western democracy. In short, it makes the victims responsible for the crime.

Let's see "squabbling ingrates" check, "incapable of working in their own interests" check, "not grasp the basic tenets of western democracy" check. Seems like a pretty good premise to me.

But wait Mr. Younge has a solution

First, because, while withdrawal is a prerequisite for any lasting improvement in Iraq, it will not by itself solve the nation's considerable problems.

Iraq has suffered decades of colonial rule,[ I assume he means the British colonial rule from 1918 to 1932 and not the Turkish colonial rule from 1566 till 1918] 30 years of dictatorship and three years of military occupation. Most recently, it has been trashed by a foreign invader.["trashed"? are we the Huns now? and wait... are we the "three years of occupation" or the "foreign invader"? I think he's double counting.] The troops must go. But the west has to leave enough resources[$$] behind to pay for what it broke. For that to happen, the anti-war movement in the west must shift the focus of our arguments to the terms of withdrawal while explaining why this invasion failed and our responsibilities[$$] to the Iraqi people that arise as a result of that failure.

"Resources"
code for billions and billions to be coughed up by the Great Satan and handed out by the kind disinterested souls of the UN.