This and that...
Wait a minute... I'm confused, here. Earlier in the week, every pundit with a microphone seemed to be at least guardedly praising the President's message to the Iraqis that "their future is in their hands now." Sounded to me like a step in the right direction, or at least a sign that our strategy and operations there might undergo some alterations.
Of course, I'm ignoring for the moment the shame and embarrassment Bush's attitude should have ignited, the empty-headed hubris of tacitly admitting, "We invaded your country uninvited, destroyed your infrastructure and killed your citizens unrepentantly, unleashed a civil war unintentionally - but now it's your problem, cause we're fresh outta ideas."
But I digress.
Where was I? Oh yeah, confused. Well, only facetiously. It's even obvious by now to my 12-year-old that our current deployment isn't solving Iraq's state of turmoil, so some reassessment of our "use the troops as convenient targets" strategy might be in order. No one's talking "surrender" here - but the time has long since come to give the grunts a sensible plan. And isn't that what the President was hinting at as a logical aspect of that whole "in their hands" thing?
Well, apparently not. In subsequent weeks, both the GOP-controlled Senate and House voted to spurn even the thought of a revised approach, or a timetable for withdrawal and/or redeployment, throwing their weight behind the mantra of "staying the course," and hauling out that old chestnut about their opponents wanting to "cut and run."
I guess because things have gone so swimmingly thus far. Besides, it's not like any of our elected officials are sending their sons or daughters off with bullseyes on their backs, "dying over there so we don't have to die here."
And these people just gave themselves a raise to boot?! You know, I have a son who's nearing 18. Will he survive two and a half more years of this kind of thinking in Washington?
Oh, and one more thing about any Conservative who hisses the phrase "cut and run." Fuck you. No, really, I mean it, every one of you. FUCK YOU. What a total misrepresentation of the position of those who are searching for a solution to the mess your Dear Leader has created. There's a difference between adapting to a changing situation based on verifiable facts, and cowardice.
So fuck you all. True cowardice is the unwillingness to recognize mistakes and work to correct them. True cowardice is the stubborn, mindless refusal to face facts when those facts indicate that change is a necessity. The only "cutting and running" that's going on in this nation is being done by those who've abdicated their responsibility as Americans to defend our democracy from theocrats and demagogues, and those who've abandoned their duty as human beings to think for themselves.
Of course, I'm ignoring for the moment the shame and embarrassment Bush's attitude should have ignited, the empty-headed hubris of tacitly admitting, "We invaded your country uninvited, destroyed your infrastructure and killed your citizens unrepentantly, unleashed a civil war unintentionally - but now it's your problem, cause we're fresh outta ideas."
But I digress.
Where was I? Oh yeah, confused. Well, only facetiously. It's even obvious by now to my 12-year-old that our current deployment isn't solving Iraq's state of turmoil, so some reassessment of our "use the troops as convenient targets" strategy might be in order. No one's talking "surrender" here - but the time has long since come to give the grunts a sensible plan. And isn't that what the President was hinting at as a logical aspect of that whole "in their hands" thing?
Well, apparently not. In subsequent weeks, both the GOP-controlled Senate and House voted to spurn even the thought of a revised approach, or a timetable for withdrawal and/or redeployment, throwing their weight behind the mantra of "staying the course," and hauling out that old chestnut about their opponents wanting to "cut and run."
I guess because things have gone so swimmingly thus far. Besides, it's not like any of our elected officials are sending their sons or daughters off with bullseyes on their backs, "dying over there so we don't have to die here."
And these people just gave themselves a raise to boot?! You know, I have a son who's nearing 18. Will he survive two and a half more years of this kind of thinking in Washington?
Oh, and one more thing about any Conservative who hisses the phrase "cut and run." Fuck you. No, really, I mean it, every one of you. FUCK YOU. What a total misrepresentation of the position of those who are searching for a solution to the mess your Dear Leader has created. There's a difference between adapting to a changing situation based on verifiable facts, and cowardice.
So fuck you all. True cowardice is the unwillingness to recognize mistakes and work to correct them. True cowardice is the stubborn, mindless refusal to face facts when those facts indicate that change is a necessity. The only "cutting and running" that's going on in this nation is being done by those who've abdicated their responsibility as Americans to defend our democracy from theocrats and demagogues, and those who've abandoned their duty as human beings to think for themselves.
posted by Bob P @ 3:34 PM
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