Where will it stop?
There is an old saying, "I only know what I read in the papers...", but today that would have to be modified to include all of the various forms of media that we get our news from.
It is hard to tell from here, but I am reading about the real and imagined backlash from the hanging of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. So far, at least as far as I can tell, there has been no violent backlash, (at least nothing that can be distinguished from the rest of the carnage), and it remains to be seen as to whether some analyst or another will blame the situation on that event, but it is clear now that Saddam is being viewed, even by those that hated him most, as a victim of sorts, a victim of the invaders and a victim of the vengeance minded Shiite government. The fact that he was killed is insignificant compared to what is known about the manner in which the execution was carried out. There is an official 'investigation' regarding the illegal videotaping of the event, but the issue on the streets appears to hinge on the antagonism towards the prisoner displayed by the executioners, the date of the execution, (seen by Sunni's as the first day of Eid), and finally, the fact that he was killed before he could finish his prayers. The Prime Minister is calling this an internal matter, and is warning those nations who have objected to the hanging that Iraq could reevaluate its relations with them if they don't butt out.
Holy North Korea, Batman!!!!!!
The country that is unable to run its own government, let alone the nation and infrastructure, is now sternly lecturing the hands that feed them and inferring vague warnings of repercussions if those hands don't simply behave as Iraq wants them too.
Folks, if there is any deeper evidence that this conflict is over and lost, I don't know what it is.
Meanwhile, in Washington, DC, the President has shuffled his staff to align the most strident yes men in the administration between him and the vision that he fears as the man who lost the mideast. It is reported that the Bush administration plans to throw another 30,000 soldiers into the battle for Bagdhad, in order to allow the Shiite government time to get settled and get its act together, suppressing the Shiite uprising.
I used to be impressed by a Harvard education.
I hate to say this, but I think that the only sane option that we have available to us is a bill of impeachment, of Bush & Cheney, and a trial by the Senate. I know that this sounds draconian, but there might not be any other way, short of insurrection here.
Stay focused. Be wary.
It is hard to tell from here, but I am reading about the real and imagined backlash from the hanging of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. So far, at least as far as I can tell, there has been no violent backlash, (at least nothing that can be distinguished from the rest of the carnage), and it remains to be seen as to whether some analyst or another will blame the situation on that event, but it is clear now that Saddam is being viewed, even by those that hated him most, as a victim of sorts, a victim of the invaders and a victim of the vengeance minded Shiite government. The fact that he was killed is insignificant compared to what is known about the manner in which the execution was carried out. There is an official 'investigation' regarding the illegal videotaping of the event, but the issue on the streets appears to hinge on the antagonism towards the prisoner displayed by the executioners, the date of the execution, (seen by Sunni's as the first day of Eid), and finally, the fact that he was killed before he could finish his prayers. The Prime Minister is calling this an internal matter, and is warning those nations who have objected to the hanging that Iraq could reevaluate its relations with them if they don't butt out.
Holy North Korea, Batman!!!!!!
The country that is unable to run its own government, let alone the nation and infrastructure, is now sternly lecturing the hands that feed them and inferring vague warnings of repercussions if those hands don't simply behave as Iraq wants them too.
Folks, if there is any deeper evidence that this conflict is over and lost, I don't know what it is.
Meanwhile, in Washington, DC, the President has shuffled his staff to align the most strident yes men in the administration between him and the vision that he fears as the man who lost the mideast. It is reported that the Bush administration plans to throw another 30,000 soldiers into the battle for Bagdhad, in order to allow the Shiite government time to get settled and get its act together, suppressing the Shiite uprising.
I used to be impressed by a Harvard education.
I hate to say this, but I think that the only sane option that we have available to us is a bill of impeachment, of Bush & Cheney, and a trial by the Senate. I know that this sounds draconian, but there might not be any other way, short of insurrection here.
Stay focused. Be wary.
posted by eccentric recluse at 5:14 PM
2 Comments:
History will annotate the mission accomplished banner alongside the Dewey-defeats-Truman photo. And Mr. Harvard probably has the photo of the former on his office wall, missing the implication but, dammnit, liking the way he looks in that flight suit.
Sorry Roy but president mcflightsuit doesn't do history. He made the stupidest comparison of Iraq and Vietnam while in Nam a month or two ago and I figure he doesn't even read history books.
JB
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