Freedom
Posted
09:11 GMT
Mangala, now back in Washington, D.C., listened intently as the squeaky voiced defense chief expounded on Iraq's future.
"You want the Iraqis to govern themselves," he said. ""f you're suggesting, how would we feel about an Iranian-type government with a few clerics running everything in the country, the answer is: That isn't going to happen"
Mangala smiled. "Ah, freedom!" the god of war and empire exclaimed. "Frank Sinatra-style. Free to do it my way. Thus has it always been with empires."