On CNN, I just saw George W Bush, the person Americans elected president not just once but twice give a speech at Osan Air Base in South Corea. I doubt he was trying to be funny, but I had to laugh for a moment. That is, only until it struck me how dangerous he is, so completely detached from any reality but his own.
President Bush was referring to a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq that was rejected by Congress almost unanimously. He said troops should only be withdrawn once the mission in Iraq is completed. Here I was left wondering what happened to the mission in Iraq that Bush declared accomplished two and a half years ago when he, decked out in every kids dream, a full flight suit and helmet, spectacularly landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Who unaccomplished the mission? Was that a devious ploy by unpatriotric Democrats? Or was he talking about a different mission? Have missions changed in Iraq? How many have in fact been accomplished yet? Does anyone know what's actually going on in Iraq? Does this guy know where Iraq is?
My contemplations were rudely brought to an end when Bush added another memorable quote, truly one for the history book. He said that pulling troops out now would be, and I'm not making this up, "recipe for disaster". What is this fuck talking about? Has he watched the news lately? The question is not whether troops should stay or go. The question is how can any sort of normalcy be restored in this desperate country. Iraq is a disaster and has been one for a long time. The United States' waging of a war without any strategy, neither for war nor for peace, has created this nightmare, and we all live in more danger than before the war because of that. Bush should finally face up to it.
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