Molly Ivins: Fantasyland of the free

[Dudley_DUright]

There was the president at his press conference looking just like a turtle on a fence post. "They (weapons of mass destruction) could still be there. They could be hidden." Saddam Hussein is still an "ally" of the 9-11 terrorists. Hussein was still "a direct threat" to America. Oy.

The Nation points out a charming little Bush thesis: "Some of the debate really centers around the fact that people don't believe Iraq can be free; that if you're Muslim, or perhaps brown-skinned, you can't be self-governing or free." The infamous "some people" making this racist argument are cleverly hidden: I never heard of it before Bush trotted it out.

I got a lovely question last week: "Why do you and your ilk (it's hard to speak for my entire ilk) hate George W. Bush so much and love Osama bin Laden?" If that's what public discussion has come down to, we really are in trouble. In fact, we're in trouble anyway.

According to the Rand think tank study on peacekeeping, we would need 500,000 troops in Iraq just to provide security. Guess what? We don't have 'em. We're stuck big time. It may not be Vietnam, but it's sure a quagmire.

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[buddy22600]

1. good post

[Love Bug]

2. Once again, Molly proves she's a national treasure!

eom

[stellanoir]

5. one of the more cogent phrases of this post is. . .

we need 500,000 troops to insure security. We haven't got 'um.

Bush '04=Draft '05

[Wwagsthedog]

6. Sadly, I think we get a draft in '05 no matter who wins in '04. nt

[HFishbine]

3. Superb, as usual. (NT)

[Ms. Clio]

4. that's right, Molly, it's not Vietnam, but it's a quagmire

It's an Iraquagmire.

[Fovea]

7. Not all is lost

If we have 200K draftees there, ages 18-36, and 300K private security, all ages, we will be able to steal their oil, and when you add in troops in the former Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran we will have made up at least half of Bush's job losses.

It will require $5/gal gas, but hey, no one at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue is going to cry over that...

Bush in 2004, for guns, guns, guns...
Butter... you don't deserve butter!

/sarcasm

[Thione1n]

8. To all of you Texas and Texans bashers!

Molly is from Texas, and we Texans are proud of her. She is a REAL Texan, and we hope that she is representative of us, not Connecticut-born Bushie boy.

[Dudley_DUright]

10. The two best things to ever come from Texas (IMHO)

are Stevie Ray Vaughan and Molly Ivins (and not necessarily in that order).

BTW, welcome to DU Thione1n. :hi:

[tom_paine]

9. Molly is awesome!

:toast: :kick:

[teryang]

11. Unpatriotic facts

Obscurantist pronouncements paving the way to dictatorship and perpetual war. Destroying human lives for power and profit.

[Karenina]

12. Turtle on the fence post...

[Miss Authoritiva]

13. Do I have this right?

Bush and Cheney really wanted to do it; Rumsfeld wanted to do it and do it cheap; Wolfowitz and Bremer wanted to do it and be in charge of it; Powell wasn't sure if he wanted to do it but did it any way; Tenet said fine, go ahead and do it; and Rice didn't read the memo about doing it because it was at the bottom of the in-box.