Last night, in his address to the nation or, as I thought of it, Mr. Simpy's Yay-for-War show, the world was fed a lot of BS. He was in full spin mode, insisting that bad news from Iraq is really good news and that the only way that bad news would come from Iraq would be if we left.
Bush actually cited the assassination of Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha earlier in the day as a sorta-kinda sign of progress and/or a good thing. "In Anbar, the enemy remains active and deadly," he said. "Earlier today, one of the brave tribal sheikhs who helped lead the revolt against al Qaeda was murdered. In response, a fellow Sunni leader declared: 'We are determined to strike back and continue our work.' And as they do, they can count on the continued support of the United States." As if cycles of revenge killings were both a new thing in the middle east and a good thing. Of course they'll strike back -- both now and three or four generations down the road. That's what ya call yer "progress." Although, in the US we'd call that a feud.
One thing that stuck out at me was this warning. "If we were to be driven out of Iraq, extremists of all strains would be emboldened," Bush told us, as if terrorists needed encouragement to be crazy. If we left, "Iraq could face a humanitarian nightmare."
That was my jawdrop moment. Iraq is a humanitarian nightmare. So much so, that it's hard to imagine how things could be worse...
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