On May 15, 9:40=A0pm, traveler <Vallec...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Complaining that anyone who would dare suggest we might have to
> negotiate with the religious fanatics in Iran is naive and seeking a
> course of appeasement, President Bush in a speech before the Israelis
> Knesset showed that he is as out of touch as ever. =A0Who is he to
> complain about the situation in which we now find ourselves? =A0Mistake
> after mistake has characterized his military adventure in Iraq
That's for ****ing sure.
=A0 =A0It
> was his overwhelming desire to invade, but at the same time, to ignore
> wise military council by going in with insufficient force, allowing
> the Iraqi military to doff their uniforms and simply melt back into
> the populace that began the cycle of our failed occupation. =A0You don't
> merely elbow a sitting government aside if you are to control an
> unruly country. =A0You must demonstrate that you are not to be trifled
> with.
Bush thought an invasion was sort of like a football game. After it's
over, everyone goes home and behaves themselves.
=A0Bush failed miserably at that primary test of his determination
> to subdue Iraq. =A0Instead, he spoke in grand terms about his desire to
> "spread liberty" there, displaying naivete of the most glaring sort in
> thinking a country with no history of democracy nor respect for it's
> basic institutions would be amenable to such an experiment.
On the money!
> =A0 =A0 =A0Occupation forces continually allowed major trouble makers to
> slip from their grasp and to keep the guerilla resistence alive and
> well. =A0How many times has Moqtada al Sadr been allowed to escape and
> to cause more and more death and destruction?
He's the guy who will take over the country when we slink out of there
with our tail between our legs. What's more, Bush knew it all along.
=A0And of all the stupid
> things Bush has done, turning over Saddam Hussein to a glorified lynch
> mob composed of Sadr sup****ters was the stupidest and lowest thing of
> all. =A0He didn't even have the balls to order the moronic turn of
> events, himself. =A0He got Condoleezza Rice to do it for him. =A0It was
an=
> appalling act that made very clear just what a fratboy, spoiled brat,
> and cruel bastard Bush really is at heart. =A0Hussein deserved life
> imprisonment, but treating a head of state, however corrupt and cruel,
> like we did the military rulers of Japan or Germany following WWII,
> was indefensible.
This is America, man. It's always one step forward and two steps
back.
> =A0 =A0 =A0Expending American lives in the no-win Iraq War has been bad
> enough, but compared to other longterm conflicts like Vietnam or WWII,
> the loss of life has not been nearly as great. =A0The cost, however, has
> been monumental, and that is precisely why we can't seriously consider
> invading Iran now, who along with Syria is the country most
> responsible for mischief in the Middle East over the past several
> decades. =A0Bush's unending requests for another hundred billion every
> six months to administer and rebuild both Iraq and Afghanistan have
> all but bankrupted the American economy, and with very paltry results
> to show for it. =A0You'd think Bush was more interested in Iraq than he
> is in America, because it's practically the only thing he has on his
> mind.
What little mind he has left.
> =A0 =A0 =A0As the price of gasoline goes through the roof, as the cost
of
> basic commodities spirals out of control, as millions of Americans go
> around with untreated medical conditions and broken teeth unfilled or
> uncapped, as well-qualified, capable, and hardworking Americans are
> laid off or denied meaninful employment so that connected flunkies can
> keep THEIR jobs, Bush keeps playing his fiddle while Rome burns.
> Frankly, he's a complete ass, a one-trick pony, and a terrible
> Commander in Chief who ought not be pointing his finger at anyone for
> appearing to be naive. =A0Bush is so naive that it isn't even funny.
Congratulations. You nailed the bastard.
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