Bush Talks; Who Listens?
Wasn't irony supposed to be dead? Well, if the headline on CNN dot com yesterday had anything to say, irony's still alive and well and living in the White House: "Bush Admits Mistakes. Deploys More Troops." - can someone point out the logic hidden anywhere in this? This would be like you letting me drive your new car, and with you strapped in the front seat I inexplicably drive the car into a ditch, get out, bash the windows out, and admit that it was my mistake. You, of course, let me drive your new car the next day...
What is it again? Fool me once...
21, 500 troops ear marked for a "surge" back into Iraq. How do we propose to pay for this? I can see the Coca-Cola corporation salviating as they imagine the marketing possiblities for repacking the defunct soda Surge as new...Iraqi Surge. Warning some bottlecaps may be IEDs.
Or wait, I've got a better question. Why are we doing this again? Now. I'm all for democracy (little "d" not capital "D") but when has it ever worked in the Middle East? Can you name one effective Western-style democracy in the Middle East? Didn't think so. And if you said Lebanon, sorry...remember that little war last summer? Bush's reasoning that a surge of American troops will allow Iraqi institutions to take root and give a chance for Iraqi security forces to get trained before becoming invloved in sectarian violence is foolhardy at best. Let's not forget that our own "democracy" doesn't even have governmental institutions that have "taken root" - for God's sake, the Supreme Court decided an election in 2000 and Karl Rove sells elections with a ballot in the Bible despite the First Amendment.
Hasn't Bush & co. learned anything from their own political sucess? Most people vote with their god rather than their values. And so, with Iraqis sects blowing up other Iraqi sects because of their religious leanings, don't you think that perhaps this might have something to do with the problem?
And, let's not forget that Iraq is MADE UP. That's right. You can thank the British for that one. Just like they made up Pakistan where Mr. Evil-Beard (Osama) is hanging out. So, if we want to surge on anything, why don't we insert 21,500 troops into a time machine and take 'em back to Britian circa 1914. It's time to stop thinking that colonization works. It's time to fess up. The most ironic thing since 9/11 is that we think we still know what's going on. And that we think that we can solve our problems the same old way. More people.
But, beyond this, we'll finally get to see what the Democratic congress actually is. If they're going to roll over and let Bush rub their bellies like they did the SECOND time we went into Iraq or if Pelosi & co. is going to put Bush in his place. There was a reason we voted you all in...you weren't THEM. Now. Prove it.
What is it again? Fool me once...
21, 500 troops ear marked for a "surge" back into Iraq. How do we propose to pay for this? I can see the Coca-Cola corporation salviating as they imagine the marketing possiblities for repacking the defunct soda Surge as new...Iraqi Surge. Warning some bottlecaps may be IEDs.
Or wait, I've got a better question. Why are we doing this again? Now. I'm all for democracy (little "d" not capital "D") but when has it ever worked in the Middle East? Can you name one effective Western-style democracy in the Middle East? Didn't think so. And if you said Lebanon, sorry...remember that little war last summer? Bush's reasoning that a surge of American troops will allow Iraqi institutions to take root and give a chance for Iraqi security forces to get trained before becoming invloved in sectarian violence is foolhardy at best. Let's not forget that our own "democracy" doesn't even have governmental institutions that have "taken root" - for God's sake, the Supreme Court decided an election in 2000 and Karl Rove sells elections with a ballot in the Bible despite the First Amendment.
Hasn't Bush & co. learned anything from their own political sucess? Most people vote with their god rather than their values. And so, with Iraqis sects blowing up other Iraqi sects because of their religious leanings, don't you think that perhaps this might have something to do with the problem?
And, let's not forget that Iraq is MADE UP. That's right. You can thank the British for that one. Just like they made up Pakistan where Mr. Evil-Beard (Osama) is hanging out. So, if we want to surge on anything, why don't we insert 21,500 troops into a time machine and take 'em back to Britian circa 1914. It's time to stop thinking that colonization works. It's time to fess up. The most ironic thing since 9/11 is that we think we still know what's going on. And that we think that we can solve our problems the same old way. More people.
But, beyond this, we'll finally get to see what the Democratic congress actually is. If they're going to roll over and let Bush rub their bellies like they did the SECOND time we went into Iraq or if Pelosi & co. is going to put Bush in his place. There was a reason we voted you all in...you weren't THEM. Now. Prove it.
posted by hank at 6:56 PM
2 Comments:
Hank talks politics...i think i'll watch the paint dry.
what color paint is it?
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