The doctrine of preemptive stupidity is coming back to life inside the Beltway. This time undersecretary of state (Note to Powell: is he in charge now?) John Bolton is making all kinds of Perlowitz noises about invading Iran.
John Bolton, under secretary of state for arms control and international security for the Bush administration, told BBC radio: “The president has repeatedly said that all options are on the table, but (military action) is not only not our preference, it is far, far from our minds.”
But when pressed on the issue, Bolton said: “It has to be an option.”
Are your eyes watering yet? Here's Richard Lugar, the normally(?) sensible voice of Foreign Policy for many, many administrations...what did RoveCo do to threaten him from dissenting again?
In Amman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar said: “My own viewpoint is that our president... (has) emphasized the diplomatic route.”
So a ten minute secret debate between yes-man flunkies Rice, Rummy, Powell and Unka Dick now constitutes "the diplomatic route". What were they doing, standing around the desk watching Bush do lines of blow? Then agreeing to invade?
The only thing wrong with impeaching this unelected muttonhead is that all we would end up with is Cheney and Delay...could that be any better? There is some serious anti-impeachment insurance there. Pacemaker and Toxic at the levers of real power, that's worse than any scenario from the most fevered writer's imagination.
Meanwhile, North Korea continues to build nukes, delivery systems capable of reaching the West Coast, and is determined to be at least a regional power. But they have no oil and a reputation for taking no shit as well as a million-man standing army of very dedicated soldiers, ready to step off tomorrow.
An invasion of North Korea would assure a republican defeat in 2004 and any year beyond that...no "feel good" there, just body bags and a long hard war we've seen once before.
Gee, what a choice for the foreign political policy geniuses inside the beltway. No choice at all, really. No job too hard, just distract the sheeple and stay in POWER.
Somehow, I doubt Iran will be a cakewalk with the Iraqi conflict not even close to being settled, and Afghanistan still a mess. It will be interesting to see how some of this gets spun on the Sunday Talking Head fests...or if it even gets a mention. I think this story was already pulled from the Washington Post's site.
And my iTunes just started "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine...does my Mac know something I don't? Be Afraid?
posted by Jo Fish on 06.20.03 at 11:45 PM
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Yeah. Let's go to Iran next. What the hell. We've done a bang-up job in Iraq. Look at this:
