Well, here we go again: George Bush and Dick Cheney have squandered thousands of lives, limbs, and hundreds of billions of dollars chasing non-existent threats in Iraq, while the senior planners of 9-11 not only got away scot-free, thanks to our Co-Losers-in-Chief, they're now as strong as ever:
Denver Post - U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaeda has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.
Maybe that explains Michael Chertoff's recent bout of indigestion. But the point I wish to highlight is that in a way, our neoconconservative apologists and chicken-hawks are right about one thing: There is a misunderstanding at work in America that we lost or are losing the war in Iraq ...
Let's just cut that shitty tree of deception down right now: Our nation is not losing the war, our troops are not losing the war, we are not losing the war. To our profound national shame the Bush Administration lost the war in Iraq. It was the WH which spooked a traumatized nation with fanciful illusions of 'mushroom clouds.' It was Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld who scoffed at those who were skeptical of the alleged threat Iraq posed. It was neoconservative political operatives who accused anyone who didn't buy the dog and pony show of being unpatriotic or traitorous. It was the Bush WH that berated, dismissed, downplayed, or ignored seasoned military strategist who tried to warn them of the enormous risks involved. But BushCo told us it would be cheap, easy, and necessary. And they were all dead wrong on every detail.
They were in fact so wrong, so perfectly incorrect on every prediction and claim, that a class of fourth-graders playing telegraph could have randomly generated statements with greater accuracy than the neoconservative war-mongers produced during the run-up. The same neocon pundits and shills which are even now still being treated as something other than the fatally ridiculous, discredited fringe nutballs they've been shown to be, by our traditional media.
And worse, their ruinous strategy of attacking Iraq weakened our struggle against bin Laden -- their methods, their breathtaking lack of wisdom, their unparalleled, arrogant ignorance is losing the battle against Al Qaeda. And their stated solution, endlessly recycled and dressed up in new metaphorical clothing almost every new day, is to stubbornly cling to the same futile tactics and deadly delusions that produced those losses in the first place.
Even more despicable, a few ghoulish neoconservative apologists remain so blinded by partisan hatred of the majority of Americans, that they crave another terrorist attack! These individuals are so desperate, so mired in ideological denial, that they're willing to callously wager the lives of men, women, and children, on the slim chance that if one enormous tragedy rallied the nation behind an untested Commander-in-Chief for a short time, maybe, just maybe, another massive bloodletting of innocent Americans will unite the nation behind a now proven Loser-in-Chief. The term sociopath comes to mind here.
No, Mr. President and Mr. Vice-president, we did not lose the war in Iraq, we did not fail against Osama bin Laden: You did that. And in a final act of irresponsible cowardice, you now appear intent on passing off your bloody boondoggle and loose ends to the next administration, with complete disregard for the additional lives it will cost, purely to evade responsibility for officially losing the war you have already lost. You are a rotten, miserable, failure, through and through.
Americans rightly despise a White House that lied us into a needless war and then lost it, at such great cost of blood and treasure. We are collectively disgusted with a man and an administration that lets mass murderers get away, regroup, and grow. For now, no one can say how many of Bush's fellow republicans and Liebercrats he will take down with him into the fiery, political abyss. But all indications are that the Loser-in-Chief will have plenty of company.