Baghdad Protesters Demand That U.S. Get Out of Iraq
OK, you came, you saw, you kicked Saddam's ass- now please go home. That's right; I suppose y'all really didn't need our help in getting rid of Saddam. After all, after 30 years of tyranny, you were just THIS CLOSE from toppling him, eh? Whatever....
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters demanded on Friday that the United States get out of Iraq while leaders of the Arab nation's neighbors meeting in Saudi Arabia also called for U.S. forces to leave quickly and warned Washington against trying to exploit Iraq's oil wealth.
In the biggest protest since U.S. forces toppled Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted, 24-year-long rule nine days ago, Muslims poured out of mosques and into the streets of Baghdad, calling for an Islamic state to be established.
Carrying Korans, prayer mats and banners, tens of thousands of people marched in a protest that organizers said represented both Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslims and powerful Sunnis.
"Leave our country, we want peace," read one banner. "No Bush, No Saddam, Yes Yes to Islam," read another.
Sorry, guys...our bad. Perhaps we should have let you figure things out yourselves. It would have only taken you, what, maybe another 30 years??
Go home. Your country is in shambles and there is work to be done. Proving yourselves to be whiny ingrates is not going to help you put things back together.
