Those Hated Imperialist Americans

As you may have heard, corporate greed drove America to invade Iraq, where now our troops spill their blood -- and wantonly spill the blood of civilians -- for oil, occupying and repressing a nation in defiance of the U.N. as part of America's imperialist ambitions.

Right. And now this word from our sponsor, Reality:

BAGHDAD - Iraq's government is prepared to offer the U.S. a long-term troop presence in Iraq and preferential treatment for American investments in return for an American guarantee of long-term security including defense against internal coups, The Associated Press learned Monday.

The proposal, described to the AP by two senior officials familiar with the issue, is one of the first indications that the United States and Iraq are beginning to explore what their relationship might look like, once the U.S. significantly draws down its troop presence.

As part of the package, the Iraqis want an end to the current U.N.-mandated multinational forces mission, and also an end to all U.N.-ordered restrictions on Iraq's sovereignty.

Iraq has been living under some form of U.N. restriction since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the officials said.

American troops and other foreign forces now operate in Iraq under a U.N. Security Council mandate, which has been renewed annually since 2003. Iraqi officials have have said they want that next renewal -- which must be approved by the U.N. Security Council by the end of this year -- to be the last.

Do you suppose this might be the story most ignored by the Left ... or do you more correctly suppose that they'll simply see it as evidence of "our puppet government in Baghdad" and add it to their collection of false myths and outright lies?

I'm betting on the latter.