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2006-10-31 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by tipper 2006-10-31 07:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Weve got a lot of issues with Iran, President Bush told a news conference last week. The first is whether or not they will help this young democracy succeed, he said, referring to Iraq. He said the second issue was whether Iran would help the Lebanese government, and that the big issue was whether or not Iran will end up with a nuclear weapon.

Dear God...

We are in the fight of our lives against the menace of radical Islam; but we are not going to win that fight unless we continue the war until the job is done.

And the American people aren't going to be willing to continue the war if they become convinced their leadership is lost and confused and pursuing a course of action which is aimless and ineffectual.

And they sure as Hell aren't going to continue supporting the war when they hear their President spout nonsensical diplobabble like the quote above.

This administration better get it's ass in gear and start talking sense, or the American people are apt to decide to abruptly end this so-called "generational conflict" exactly 812 days from now when Bush's successor takes the oath of office.

"The heart sinks."

No shit.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-10-31 11:38|| 2006-10-31 11:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Sometimes a President will say and do things so you watch one hand and don't see what the other hand is doing. Much like a magician.

Since our media rarely actually listens to what Bush says its hard to say if this is what is happening or not though.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-10-31 12:18|| 2006-10-31 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 It will not be what he says. It will be what is already happening that will work.

Posted by closedanger@hotmail.com">closedanger@hotmail.com 2006-10-31 13:07|| 2006-10-31 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 It strikes me that Bush et al. are (much like their predecessors) soft-pedalling Iranian involvement; one presumes this is because we are unvilling OR UNABLE to take action at this time. Which is worse: 1) to admit a situation exists that calls for military action and then not act, or 2) to deny the situation that would call for action you can't take anyway?

This would be analogous to what I suspect went on following the JFK assassination: the FBI etc. may have been afraid the USSR was involved, and to admit it would tend to force an unacceptable confrontation, so investigations were cut short or diverted (leading to the zillions of conspiracy theories). Better to let some guilty escape than to force a catastrophic war - regardless of whether there was any direct or indirect Soviet involvement.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-10-31 13:16|| 2006-10-31 13:16|| Front Page Top

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