Oh, wait, that didn't really happen. Darn.Well, hey, how about this one, then?
Nope. No joy there, either. Drat.What is it, this thing that's got me all anti-Bush today (or at least that tiny sliver more so than usual ... that bit that makes it so you'd notice)? Why, it's that rally-round-the-flag line of crap that the (p)Resident spouted at us all last night. That's what's got me cheesed, that's what's got my knickers in a twist, that's what's had me in a proper grump all damn day, and that's what I'm going to snarl about now.
So, King George decided to take responsibility. How wonderful for him, but what comfort will that bring to the Americans who have lost a loved one in this military action? How will his mea culpa serve to cure those irreparably wounded by his folly? It can't. It won't. That ship sailed right around the time that he posed on an aircraft carrier less than five miles from its berth in San Diego proclaiming that our Mission had in fact been Accomplished ... but wait, that was nearly four years ago! What are our people still doing there? Hell, why did we go in the first place? (Rhetorical, rhetorical ... I already know the answer. There's a reason why the name was changed from Operation Iraqi Liberation, ya know.)
The recently retired American general who was in charge of the Iraq mission was quoted as saying that more troops wouldn't help. The commission appointed by Boy George to promulgate all those recommendations said that more troops wouldn't help. Why is he going against the counsel of people who've actually been to war? It's said that Gee Dubya was "upset" by Saddam Hussein's hanging. Well, hell, George, what did you think would happen? Did you envision something less than what our nation has been perpetrating against prisoners at Gitmo? Something humane, perhaps? Dude, this is the guy that you whined about for ages! This is Saddam Hussein, the man whose name your father couldn't (or wouldn't) pronounce properly, the man who killed people under his leadership, the man who allowed his son to gleefully maim/torture/murder Iraqi athletes who didn't win, the man you vowed to GET. Well, you got him, and you handed him over on a platter to the people against whom he'd committed these atrocities, and NOW you're "upset" that he was executed? WhatEVER.
It's time to make some changes.
Kindly notice that there has been no peace to speak of in the Middle East since recorded history began; the arrogance of this fortunate son isn't going to change that, no matter how hard he stomps his foot and demands it. Any Americans who still believe it was our place to dictate the style and nature of government to another sovereign nation need to cash that reality check and realize that this is worse than Vietnam - which Bush and many of his cabal avoided. Iraq had WMD at one point, yes (because we gave them over to curry favor with Saddam against Iran after Khomeini had taken our citizens and embassy hostage) ... but no longer (because Bush the Elder promised US support for an uprising against Hussein after the first Gulf War, which promise was promptly reneged upon, leading to Saddam's use of all manner and sort of nasty US weapons against his own people). The whole premise for military action was a fable (and Valerie Plame was a casualty - do Karl Rove and Dick Cheney still work at 1600 Pennsylvania?).
The intelligent, courageous, and proper thing for the new Congress to do is to require testimony under oath from Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld, and the others who led us down this garden path - and to remove them from office for high crimes and misdemeanors, then turn them over to The Hague for crimes against humanity. America's standing in the world has been compromised enough. Our failure to police our own leadership will be the catalyst for our downfall.
My friend Elsie sent this link to the Keith Olbermann commentary on last night's travesty of an Iraq "plan": http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/11/special-comment-on-the-presidents-address/
There's a list at the end of losses sustained by this particular administration that isn't to be missed. (And please, none of that "liberal media" garbage ... at least not while Condi is chirping the praises of Fox Faux News. Blurk.)
So much for getting Osama bin Laden "dead or alive," eh?
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