The Bush Administration are spinning themselves stupid

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Wed Jun-29-05 01:52 PM
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The Bush Administration are spinning themselves stupid

So the new rationale for being in Iraq is "Haven't you heard? It's a terrorist nightmare over there! We have to do something to stop it!"

Excuse me?

I must've missed something. The last I heard, Saddam planned and carried out 9/11, threatened to attack us with his chemical and biological weapons, came this close to building a nuclear bomb... and besides, the Iraqi people were begging us to liberate them, and would dance in the streets once our troops arrived. They might even throw flowers. The whole thing would take six weeks - six months tops. It would be a cakewalk. And it would hardly cost us a dime.

And sure, none of that was even remotely true, but let's be clear - it wasn't Bush's fault. Yes, his administration were pumping 24/7 lies and misjudgements and propaganda down the American people's throats, but Bush was just trying to protect us from the ~~WMDs~~ terrorists. Oh yes, and bring freedom to the Iraqi people.

So now where are we? Well apparently Iraq is now a real live training ground for terrorists. Apparently, by invading a country which had nothing to do with 9/11 (except in the mind of George W. Bush and friends), we have stoked the flames of jihad and emboldened radical Islamists all over the world. Apparently Iraq is home to more and more foreign fighters, although - and this is a piece of luck - we can now "fight them over there instead of fighting them over here." Assuming they have no concept of multi-tasking, that is. (And, oh, hey Iraqi people, you don't mind if we use your country to fight terrorists do you? You'll get that "freedom" we were talking about right after we've killed every last one of you, uh, I mean, them.)

So whose fault is all this? Who was in charge before and after September 11? Who has called the shots and made the policy decisions and through the force of his "strong, steady leadership" guided us into this ridiculous mess? I'll give you a clue:

Yeah, it was that guy.

Take a look at this exchange from a Bush press conference in March of 2002. It's most enlightening:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

Q: ...don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run. I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country. I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban.

But once we set out the policy and started executing the plan, he became -- we shoved him out more and more on the margins. He has no place to train his al Qaeda killers anymore.

Whoops! I guess he does now! And wouldn't you know it - that's George W. Bush's brand new rationale for war. How convenient.

Look George: you broke it. Now, I don't care if you can't fix it - just step aside for someone who can. But know that history is not going to look kindly on your total failure to even own up to breaking it in the first place, you unfortunate little monkey man.