The End of De-Baathification?
Someone in the Bush administration’s public relations staff, who is clearly not am expert on the Middle East, has made a truly hilarious error on the White House web page describing operations in Iraq. The banner graphic proudly advertises “Renewal in Iraq,” and even features an image of Bush speaking before a banner that reads “Renewal in Iraq.”
This hapless staffer needs to be quietly taken aside, and someone has to explain to him or her exactly what the origin of the name “Arab Baath Socialist Party” is. I thought the goal was to get “Renewal” out of Iraq…