The President's Comedy Routine

[Emillereid]

by Charley Reese

President George Bush's denial of the reality of Iraq is beginning to sound like a stand-up comedy routine.


"Mr. President, the insurgency has spread to the whole country."


"We're making great progress."


"But Mr. President, the attacks against coalition forces have escalated dramatically."


"We're making great progress."


"But Mr. President, all but two percent of the Iraqi people want us to leave."


"We're making great progress."


"And the interim government has no support and in fact can't step outside the Green Zone without being surrounded by American security."


"We're making great progress."


And so forth. Whether the president is actually in denial or is misleading the public for partisan purposes, I will leave to your judgment. It would be less dangerous if he were engaged in deliberate deception. That, at least, is a sign of sanity.


Some are now speculating that the president's solution to the morass in Iraq will be to launch an attack against Iran – after the election, of course. There can be no other reason to sell Israel bunker-buster bombs. The only possible target would be Iran's nuclear reactors. The Iranians would retaliate, and, of course, the United States would join the war in defense of Israel. Widening the war to a country with 60 million people might sound stupid, but with this administration's record of stupid decisions, it's not to be ruled out....

http://www.antiwar.com/reese/?articleid=3649

Unfortunately this comedy is tragic! God I hope the American people don't enable these crazies by voting Bush in this November!

[displacedtexan]

1. What A Kick-Ass Line!

Whether the president is actually in denial or is misleading the public for partisan purposes, I will leave to your judgment. It would be less dangerous if he were engaged in deliberate deception. That, at least, is a sign of sanity.