In the Washington Post interview B*sh yet again revealed the true strategy:
"And the fundamental question is, 'Will Republicans and Democrats be able to work with the administration to assure our military and the American people that we will position our military so that it is ready and able to stay engaged in a long war?'"
They are hell bent for leather on manufacturing their new "Cold War"...aka, "The War on Terror", "The War of Civilization", "The Long War"...their multi-generation death factory whose dual purpose is to control the oil flow and keep the military-industrial complex, the last functioning manufacturing industry in this country, rolling in cash for decades (while keeping themselves out of the klink and at the top of the heap in the process).
Bush tied it to the broader struggle against Islamic extremists around the world rather than to Iraq specifically. "It is an accurate reflection that this ideological war we're in is going to last for a while and that we're going to need a military that's capable of being able to sustain our efforts and to help us achieve peace," he said.
The goal of this administration is legacy, folks. They're not about "winning" anything: they are about putting in place entire new parameters that ensure an Orwellian future. From the "Unitary Executive" to this multi-generational joke of a war against "Islamofascism" (or whatever Oceania type buzz word they come up with for this week) their victory comes from merely surviving intact.
Most of the elected Democrats, however, STILL do not get this fundamental fact. They still grab at the little straws of "Surge" or the ISG to try to mollify public disgust over Iraq...and maybe (we'll see) tinker at the edges of the fantastic, Republic shattering policies the administration has implemented, from warrantless wiretaps to the revamped, black budget Total Information Awareness data control programs to the Military Commissions Act to unprecedented usage of States Secrets priviledges and document classification. They have stacked the courts not to placate the Religious Right, but to ensure their fascistic mutation withstands legal challenge.
From Cheney's Energy Task Force to the Patriot Act straight through to this interview, the aim never changes: a complete restructuring of government and society to accomodate this new paradigm.
The only cure, and the cure that looks as if it is doggedly "off the table", is impeachment of B*sh, followed by impeachment of Cheney, followed by a purposeful correction of almost everything they have done. For a long time now my mantra has been "investigate, impeach, indict...repeat".
I completely understand that the politics are against it, blah blah blah but "waiting out the clock" on B*sh or focusing on other priorities only guarantees that this radical, extremist administration achieves its fundamental goal of a radical, extremist realignment of our entire system. If not actively reversed and repudiated their actions establish precedence, achieving both legality and legitimacy through their simple existence and will return to haunt us...exactly as planned...for generations.
Wheh, needed to get that one out!