Saturday, June 17, 2006
Plus ca change, ...
The day we got the news that Zarqawi was killed I became depressed. I knew we'd be in for another declaration of "Mission Accomplished." (Keith Olbermann tells us every evening at the end of Countdown how many days it has been since that first declaration. The relatively subdued tone with which His Cockiness announced Zarqawi's demise (in the Rose Garden, in his dark blue suit and dark red power tie, trying to look presidential -- and intelligent, I suppose) fooled those who wanted to be fooled, of course. Then there it was: the secret whisking away to the Green Zone of Iraq for photo-ops and sound bites. Public relations and savagely partisan politics. I'd say, "The more things change, the more they remain the same." But every time they get into a little trouble they bounce back up like the Bobo clown doll. And while they manage to look good enough to their "base," they trudge on down the road to hell taking all of us with them. Think about it: redistribution of wealth, degradation of the environment, amassing of the national debt, erosion of civil rights, moving ever closer to a police state. On and on. Oh God, would you please deliver us from this regime?
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I often say the same little prayer when I listen to/ read the news and think about what's going on.
In time my friend, in time.
The GOP is so down that they'll spin any half decent news into a "we're rebounding" moment. But you can only use so much perfume on a dog that had a close enounter with a skunk... or a dozen skunks as the case may be...
As far as Zarqawi goes, I don't think it will do much good. I'm glad our intelligence seems to be getting a little better, but it should be unsurpassed to begin with. It's like a really smart kid bragging that he got a C in Math after a series of failing grades when you know for a fact that he has the potential to get straight As.
However, even getting straight As may not be enough. Everyone keeps comparing Iraq to Vietnam as that is a frame of reference we understand. However, the war I want to read about is the Soviet occupation of Afganistan. If memory serves me correctly, the constant insurgency essentially drove the Soviets a) crazy and b) bankrupt.
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