This surge just keeps ...well...surging. Its surging forth in an imaginary universe where the physics changes whenever its necessary. Anything will work because its worked for 6 years.
Lying is no longer an art. Its a way of life.
My Surge Rundown.
1-Surge means stalling.
2-Started out as a 90 day trial. Then 120 days. Then till June adn the summer. Now, September and beyond.....beyond....beyond....outward....
3- Petraeus asserts "10" more years. The generals are cackling about a post surge in January to continue. (and you think Mitt Romney is intellectually dishonest......)
4-Super Duper attempt at public spin and subterfuge.
5-Soon, loathsome cretins like Hannity and Bill'O and Novak and Timmeh will be yelping that the surge is working.
This has now provided an opening for Bush to excuse any removal of troops in the future. I can hear it now:
"My generals have informed me of important improvements in Iraq and I can now say the surge is working"
(Rapid response on right wing FOX ,Drudge, MSNBC etc;) .
The desperation reeks. After 4 years of death and devastation, here comes another outrageous lie that may or may not stick. The administration is confident that it will
and they are already out of the stables with surge success fantasies. Nixon did this too. The trickster told the public that troops were being withdrawn from Vietnam when
in fact more troops were being deployed. (1970-71)
Here was something(surge) that they propably thought they could fudge the numbers with completely and render impotent any criticism of an exit plan; perhaps not totally but enuf to get away with leaving troops in Baghdad.
Right out of nowhere-beginning in January- the surge starts to eat up headlines. First the trial balloon of 90 days. Then 120. Then June. Statements from the Petraeus that all the
troops are not in place when in fact they were. That it would take thru the summer to get all troops ready. Hell, he just said that it will take 10 years to fully control the region. Now that Petraeus has flipped like a pancake and has become completely assimilated by the Bush administration and now does their dirty work.
Now, here's where they get real slick. McCain and Lieberman and Graham all told the same tale while visiting Iraq of the improvements in safety and particularly Baghdad while there. Expounding on the gains made and that Iraqis can now shop in safety and go about their business in confidence while Lieberman dons a helmet,flak jacket and surrounded by 100 Marines ready to blow the heads off of anything that goes near him. The administration is trying to soften up and or dull public outrage at the progress of the war utilizing these 3 willing supplicants and all the while staying out of the fray while they evaluate the results and effects.
Delays,obfuscation,lies,deviouseness.
Now, lo and behold! Everything is working. The surge is already a success. They are not waiting for the summer to bullshit everyone on this. I believe there will be some
heavy casualties this summer as was last, and the administration has to find something to counter with. Anything. Lying worked splendidly in every department of the
administration why not use it now. And you can bet that FOX and the others are already scripting the message. The administration is trying to shut off any possibility
for a pullout.
There has to be significant pushback on this surge hooey. Something has to crack here. And break big. On the one hand there are horrific numbers and bombs and devastation and one milion refugees leaving Iraq, yet here comes the Bush bullshit machine in an attempt to tie things up. They want to cast doubt-even minimal doubt that an exit is not good at this point. Personally, I dont think the families nor the public will swallow this. It will be interesting to see how this develops with the public-if at all- and how the networks will spin it-and how much traction monkey boy will get out of it if at all.