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Monday, November 06, 2006
Distractions and dirty tricks
Oh, big deal. They're going to hang Saddam. Like we didn't know the outcome of that trial. Hell, even if they didn't convict him does anyone believe we would have let him go? Ultimately, it was all just a show trial, which makes me less surprised they release the sentence two days before our election (after waiting a month). It might blow up in their faces, literally, if people decide to riot or the Sunnis use it as a rallying point.
It's all just so stupid. All this money, all these people dead, and we're supposed to feel good about the foregone conclusion of this stupid trial? And that on top of reports that even with 400,000 troops this war might have been just as bad. That's what pisses me off about these new "we were for the war but Bush bungled it" neocons. They act like it was just Bush's mistakes that screwed this up, but even if we hadn't made every mistake imaginable, it was still a bad idea. We had no good reason to go there, and let's not repeat such a mistake again. If this report shows that even 400k troops might not have been enough to secure the country, then how can they continue to say that it was just the incompetence of the Bush administration that makes this war a mistake? In reality this war reflects the incompetence of all neocons who thought that war is easy, imperialism is a good idea, and knocking off petty dictators is worth sacrificing our troops, thousands of innocent lives, and our country's solvency. Not just those who mismanaged it, but all the idiots who thought invading other countries without a good reason and not enough troops would somehow make us more popular. But now, according to multiple reports on how the GOP is using robocalls to drive people crazy. It's like they're children, they can't win on issues so now they're just crank calling people in the hopes of getting them mad at Democrats. If they end up getting wins because of this tactic I hope they all get fined back to the stone age for violating do-not-call rules. Assholes. |
6 Comments:
The neocons sort of have a point. They, at least, were realistic about Saudi Arabia's support of terror (and other nations). But when the war fell into the hands of Bush and the Boys, it just became an old-school kleptocrat feeding frenzy. Bush continued to suck up to His Bestest (Platonic) Hand-holding Buddy Bandar, while arranging to loot Iraq for all his rich buddies.
As you rightly note, though, that's not to let the neocons off the hook for EVER thinking that intervening militarily in the Middle East was a good idea in the first place. Every decade or two, some new crop of idiots comes along and figures "Okay, we made some mistakes in the past, but THIS time we'll get it right in the Middle East! Go for it!"
And they NEVER. FUCKING. LEARN.
9:32 AM, November 06, 2006
...Bush continued to suck up to His Bestest (Platonic) Hand-holding Buddy Bandar,...
If you know a simpler way of exchanging long protein strings, we'd like to hear it.
10:14 AM, November 06, 2006
As for the robocalls, I have to wonder: It sounds like it goes on in its robot voice for close to a minute while you have to press 1 if you agree that killing unborn babies and skinning their flesh is a delicious treat, or 2 if you think it isn't.
Who would actually sit there, listen, and push buttons? Who enjoys getting solicitation phone calls, and doesn't just hang up? It's bad enough when there's a person on the line, let alone some dumb robot. I gotta think that there aren't too many people who are going to be swayed by some robocall. And I hope I'm right.
10:31 AM, November 06, 2006
They're not getting swayed by the robocalls, they're getting harassed. The Republicans aren't taking credit for the call until the end, and are trying to make it sounds like the Democrats are making them.
It's infuriating the electorate at a bargain price.
10:41 AM, November 06, 2006
Every decade or two, some new crop of idiots comes along and figures "Okay, we made some mistakes in the past, but THIS time we'll get it right in the Middle East! Go for it!"
Aren't you the smartest person in the room? These guys certainly are. In every fucking room they walk into. There is no mystery in this whatsoever.
6:32 PM, November 06, 2006
I am always the smartest guy in the room.
As long as it's only the cat in there with me.
3:03 PM, November 07, 2006
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