Look At Our Evil Oppression!

In an effort to continue our evil oppressive ways, the US Army today announced the abolition of the nighttime curfew in Baghdad.

Meanwhile, in preparation for Ramadan, coalition officials moved to ease conditions for Baghdad's 5 million people by abolishing the nighttime curfew in effect since the fall of the city in April and reopening the Tigris bridge.

The Islamic month of fasting begins with the sighting of a new moon and lasts for four weeks. Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex during the day, but evenings are marked by lavish meals and social gatherings lasting far into the night.
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Most Iraqi cities no longer have a curfew.

See how we're putting them to heel? See how we're curtailing their freedoms? See how we're trying to destroy Islam by denying them their right to worship? See, see, see?

"The curfew can be lifted due to the reduction in the crime rate in the city and the overall improvement in the security situation," the U.S.-appointed Baghdad city council statement said. "Despite some highly publicized attacks by terrorists and supporters of the former regime, the overall security situation in Baghdad has improved."

See how unsuccessful we are? See how we're failing miserably and the situation is uncontrollable? We must open our eyes! We must see the evil we have wrought in Iraq!
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I'll grant that things still aren't perfect over there. We still have some issues that need to be resolved, as the events around the downed BlackHawk shows. But all in all, things are going much much better than the doom and gloom in the quagmire crowd would have us believe.

Iraq isn't perfect, but it is a hell of sight better than it was when Saddam the People Shredder was still in power.