And today's entry in the 'What are we doing and why' category is:

U.S. repeats Halabja massacre in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraqi legislators say

By Alaa al-Tameemi

Oh, that's right, I forgot we're dropping mustard, and VX on women and children because they're Kurds, and we want to make a point. That's why we use those non exploding kinetic concrete bombs under bridges, so we can avoid civilian casualties when we do that, and then kill as many as possible using chemical weapons.

02 May 2008 (Azzaman)

In 1988, former leader Saddam Hussein gassed his own people in the city of Halabja. For the U.S. he was then seen as a 'good boy'.

Today, the power that helped Saddam build the same chemical weapons he dropped on Halabja is reported to be carrying out a repeat of his crimes.

That is the impression several Iraqi members of parliament had following a fact finding mission of the Sadr City in Baghdad which the U.S. occupation troops have been bombarding and encircling for weeks.

"The aerial bombardment and military operations the U.S. is carrying out in Sadr city are similar to what happened in Halabja," Iraqi member of parliament Falah Hassan said.

U.S. helicopter gun ships and warplanes have been pounding the city, home to more than 2 million people - their declared aim is to have it flushed of gunmen.

While gunmen are nowhere to be found, those bearing the brunt of U.S.'s disproportionate use of force are none but the city's impoverished inhabitants.

We are Saddam. That what Iraqi 'legislators' are saying.
Why is it that the most outrageous and ridiculous claims are made, and then stick despite inarguable objective evidence to the contrary? Why is it that logic is powerless?

It's just another kind of bigotry. Facts can never prevail against the sickness of inner compulsions